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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věťati

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 *waitjāˀtei. Equivalent to *větiti +‎ *-jati, from *větъ +‎ *-iti. Cognate with Old Prussian waitiāt (“to say”). Connections outside of Balto-Slavic unclear. Possibly related to Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬀- (aēθa-, “to verdict”).

In most descendants, this verb merged with Proto-Slavic *věščati (“to prophesy”), from *věščь (“proficient”).

Verb

*věťati impf[1]

  1. to say, to make a claim, to converse

Inflection
Conjugation of *věťati, *věťa, *věťajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*věťanьje *věťati *věťatъ *věťalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *věťanъ *věťajemъ
Active *věťavъ *věťaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *věťaxъ*věťa*věťa *věťajǫ*věťaješi*věťajetь
Dual *věťaxově*věťasta*věťaste *věťajevě*věťajeta*věťajete
Plural *věťaxomъ*věťaste*věťašę *věťajemъ*věťajete*věťajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *věťaaxъ*věťaaše*věťaaše —*věťaji*věťaji
Dual *věťaaxově*věťaašeta*věťaašete *věťajivě*věťajita—
Plural *věťaaxomъ*věťaašete*věťaaxǫ *věťajimъ*věťajite—

Derived terms
  • *otъvěťati (“to answer”)
  • *oběťati (“to promise, to pledge”)
  • *privěťati (“to greet”)
    • Russian: привеча́ть (privečátʹ)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: вѣщати (věštati, “to say”), 1sg. вѣщаѭ (věštajǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
      • → Old East Slavic: вѣщати (věščati, “to say”)
        • Belarusian: вяшча́ць (vjaščácʹ, “to broadcast (on the radio)”)
        • Russian: веща́ть (veščátʹ, “to broadcast”), 1sg. веща́ю (veščáju)
        • Ukrainian: віща́ти (viščáty) (archaic)
    • Bulgarian: веща́я (veštája, “to proclaim”) (archaic)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ве́ћати
      Latin script: véćati
    • Slovene: vẹ̄čati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: *věcěti
    • Old Polish: wiecać

Further reading
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “веща́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 148
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “vẹ̄čati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ветам (се)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 138

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*větjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 520: “v. ‘say’”
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