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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vajati

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

Possibly related via ablaut to Proto-Slavic *viti (to turn, to curve), *vojь (turn, twist), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (to twist, to weave). Nearly exact match is Sanskrit वयति (vayati, to spin, to weave) from standard thematic Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁y-e-ti, however, this etymology is inconsistent with the o-grade of the Slavic verb.

Only the antiquity of South Slavic descendants is certain. On this account, Georgiev does not exclude borrowing from Oghur, from Proto-Turkic *ōy- (to carve, to peck) (whence Turkish oymak (to cut)).

Verb

*vajati impf

  1. to sculpt, to mould

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *vajateľь (agent noun)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: ваꙗти (vajati)
    • Bulgarian: ва́я (vája), ва́ям (vájam)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ва́јати
      Latin: vájati

Further reading

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