Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věža

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 the present stem of the verb *vezti — *vez- +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*věža f

1. house-wagon, kibitka
2. tent
3. movable/traveling tower
4. tower

Declension

Declension of *věža (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*věža	*věži	*věžę̇
genitive	*věžę̇	*věžu	*věžь
dative	*věži	*věžama	*věžamъ
accusative	*věžǫ	*věži	*věžę̇
instrumental	*věžejǫ, *věžǫ**	*věžama	*věžami
locative	*věži	*věžu	*věžasъ, *věžaxъ*
vocative	*věže	*věži	*věžę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *veslo

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
    • Old Ruthenian: вѣжа (věža)
      • Belarusian: ве́жа (vjéža)
  • Russian: ве́жа (véža)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: veža
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: věžě
    • Czech: věž
  • Polabian: viză
  • Kashubian: wieża, wieżô
  • Old Polish: wieża
    • Polish: wieża
    • → Ukrainian: ве́жа (véža)
  • Slovak: veža
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wjaža
    • Upper Sorbian: wěža

References

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