Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/veťь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wektís, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wékʷ-ti-s ~ *ukʷ-téy-s, from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wihtiz.
Noun
*vȅťь f[1]
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vȅťь | *vȅťi | *vȅťi |
| genitive | *veťí | *veťьjù, *veťu* | *veťь̀jь |
| dative | *vȅťi | *veťьmà | *vȅťьmъ |
| accusative | *vȅťь | *vȅťi | *vȅťi |
| instrumental | *veťьjǫ́ | *veťьmà | *veťьmì |
| locative | *veťí | *veťьjù, *veťu* | *vȅťьxъ |
| vocative | *veťi | *vȅťi | *vȅťi |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also
Derived terms
- *veťьnъ
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вещь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “вещь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 148
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “вещь”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вещь, вешть”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 252