Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vitь

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 *wīˀtis.

Noun

*vitь f^[1]

twig, osier

Inflection

Declension of *vĩtь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vĩtь	*vītì	*vītì
genitive	*vĩti	vĩtьju, viťu^*	vītь̀jь, vĩti^*
dative	*vītì	*vĩtьma	*vītь̀mъ
accusative	*vĩtь	*vītì	*vītì
instrumental	vĩtьjǫ, vĩťǫ^*	*vĩtьma	*vĩtьmī
locative	*vĩti	vĩtьju, viťu^*	*vītь̀xъ
vocative	*viti	*vītì	*vītì

^* 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: вить (vitʹ)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: pȁvit
- Slovene: vȋt (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vít
- Old Polish: wić
  - Polish: wić
- Slovak: viť
- Slovincian: wjic

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “f. i”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vitь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “f. i”

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