Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wī́ˀtei

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue, suppress”).

Verb

*wī́ˀtei^[1]^[2]

to drive away, chase, pursue

Descendants

Latvian: vît
Lithuanian: výti
⇒ Proto-Slavic: *povinǫti (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Latvian: vaina (“guilt”)
⇒ Lithuanian: vaina (“guilt”)
⇒ Proto-Slavic: *vina (“guilt”) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”).

Verb

*wī́ˀtei^[3]^[4]

to twist, to wind

Descendants

Latvian: vît
Lithuanian: výti
Proto-Slavic: *vìti (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*povinǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415: “BSl. *wiʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wiʔ-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*viti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 522: “BSl. *wʔi-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wʔi-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*povinǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415: “BSl. *wiʔ-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wiʔ-”

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

[4] Derksen, Rick (2015) “vyti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508: “BSL *wʔi-”

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