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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věščь

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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 *věděti (to foresee, to know) +‎ *-ťь.

Adjective

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*věščь

  1. proficient, skilled
  2. oracular

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣщь (věščĭ)
    • Russian: ве́щий (véščij)
    • Ukrainian: віщу́н (viščún)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вещий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress