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. to say, to make a claim, to converse

Inflection

Conjugation of *věťati, *věťa, *věťajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
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)

Related terms

• *větъ (“agreement”)
• *věťe (“counsil”)
• *věti m (“orator”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: Pskov dialectal веча́ть (večátʹ, “to shout”)
• 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, volume 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), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 138