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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větrъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Cognate with Lithuanian vė́tra (storm), Latvian vētra (storm), Old Prussian wetro (wind), Latin ventus (wind), Sanskrit वाति (vāti, to blow).

Noun

*vě̀trъ m[1][2]

  1. wind

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *bezvětrъ
  • *na větrě
    • *navětrьje
    • *navětrьnъ
  • *větriti
    • *obvetrěti
    • *obvětriti
    • *orzvětriti
  • *povětrъ
    • Lower Sorbian: pówětš
    • Upper Sorbian: powětr
  • *povětrьje
  • *vějati (to blow (of wind), winnow)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vě̀trъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520: “m. o (a) ‘wind’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), větrъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 131; MP 23)”
  3. Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1983), вѣтеръ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 3 (вариво – вкупе), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 155
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