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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vęzati

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (to constrict, tighten). (Originally *h₂m̥ǵʰ-?) Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ḫamank, to tie, to betroth) < *h₂m-(o)n-ǵʰ-, Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, to strangle, to squeeze), Latin angere (to strangle, to choke), Old High German engi (narrow). Derksen says the initial *v- is "unclear"; Vasmer attributes it to contamination with *verzti (to tie, to squeeze), while Chernykh sees contamination with *viti (to twist).

Verb

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*vę̄zàti

  1. to tie

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вяза́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “вяза́ть”, 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 174