Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vějati

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

Extended from an earlier *věti + *-ati (a/je-conjugation), inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀtei, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Verb

*vě̀jati

1. to blow (of wind), to winnow

Alternative forms

• *věti (simplex proto-form)

Inflection

Conjugation of *vějati, *věja, *vějetь (?, -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vějanьje	*vějati	*vějatъ	*vějalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vějanъ	*vějemъ
Active	*vějavъ	*věję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vějaxъ	*věja	*věja	*vějǫ	*věješi	*vějetь
Dual	*vějaxově	*vějasta	*vějaste	*vějevě	*vějeta	*vějete
Plural	*vějaxomъ	*vějaste	*vějašę	*vějemъ	*vějete	*vějǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vějaaxъ	*vějaaše	*vějaaše	—	*věji	*věji
Dual	*vějaaxově	*vějaašeta	*vějaašete	*vějivě	*vějita	—
Plural	*vějaaxomъ	*vějaašete	*vějaaxǫ	*vějimъ	*vějite	—

Related terms

• *větrъ (“wind”)
• *vějь (“gale”)
  • *navějь
  • *povějь
  • *privějь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѣꙗти (vějati)
    • Belarusian: ве́яць (vjéjacʹ)
    • Russian: ве́ять (véjatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ві́яти (víjaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: вѣꙗти (vějati)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⱑⱑⱅⰻ (věěti) (?)

    • Bulgarian: ве́я (véja)
  • Macedonian: вее (vee)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ве̏јати

    Latin script: vȅjati

  • Slovene: vẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vát
  • Polish: wiać
  • Silesian: wiŏć
  • Slovak: viať
  • Slovincian: vjoc

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “веять”, 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 149
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141