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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vějь

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

Action noun, from *vějati +‎ *-ъ or from *věti (“to wind, to blow wind”) +‎ *-jь, attested indirectly in derivatives. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Technically reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀjas (“wind”) with cognates Lithuanian vė́jas, Latvian vẽjš, however, it is hard to tell if the Slavic descendants directly continue the Balto-Slavic lemma or were formed afterwards. Further akin to Sanskrit वायु (vāyu, “wind, air”).

Noun

*vějь m

  1. wind, gush of air

Declension
Declension of *vějь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vějь *věja *věji
genitive *věja *věju *vějь
dative *věju *vějema *vějemъ
accusative *vějь *věja *věję̇
instrumental *vějьmь, *vějemь* *vějema *věji
locative *věji *věju *vějixъ
vocative *věju *věja *věji
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *navějь (“ripple (formed by the wind)”)
  • *povějь (“whiff”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Russian: сухове́й (suxovéj, “dry, hot wind”)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: sȕhovej
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • ⇒ Czech: navěj
    • ⇒ Slovak: navej
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*navějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 222
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141
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