Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větvь

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-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognate with Old Prussian witwan, Ancient Greek ἴτῠς (ítus, “felloe”) and Latin vitus (“felloe”).

Noun

*větvь f

1. branch

Inflection

Declension of *větvь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*větvь	*větvi	*větvi
genitive	*větvi	*větvьju, *větvľu*	*větvьjь, *větvi*
dative	*větvi	*větvьma	*větvьmъ
accusative	*větvь	*větvi	*větvi
instrumental	*větvьjǫ, *větvľǫ*	*větvьma	*větvьmi
locative	*větvi	*větvьju, *větvľu*	*větvьxъ
vocative	*větvi	*větvi	*větvi

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѣтвь (větvĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: вѣтвь (větvʹ)
    • Russian: ветвь (vetvʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вѣтвь (větvĭ)
  • Bulgarian: ветва (vetva)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: větev
    • Czech: větev
  • Kashubian: wietew
  • Old Polish: wiećw
  • Slovak: vetva

References

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