Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vetъxъ

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 *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-us-o-s, from *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Lithuanian vẽtušas (“old, archaic”), Latin vetus (“old”).

Adjective

*vetъxъ

1. old, ancient

Declension

Indefinite declension of *vetъxъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*vetъxъ	*vetъxa	*vetъxo
genitive	*vetъxa	*vetъxy	*vetъxa
dative	*vetъxu	*vetъśě	*vetъxu
accusative	*vetъxъ	*vetъxǫ	*vetъxo
instrumental	*vetъxomь	*vetъxojǫ	*vetъxomь
locative	*vetъśě	*vetъśě	*vetъśě
vocative	*vetъše	*vetъxo	*vetъxo
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*vetъxa	*vetъśě	*vetъśě
genitive	*vetъxu	*vetъxu	*vetъxu
dative	*vetъxoma	*vetъxama	*vetъxoma
accusative	*vetъxa	*vetъśě	*vetъśě
instrumental	*vetъxoma	*vetъxama	*vetъxoma
locative	*vetъxu	*vetъxu	*vetъxu
vocative	*vetъxa	*vetъśě	*vetъśě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*vetъśi	*vetъxy	*vetъxa
genitive	*vetъxъ	*vetъxъ	*vetъxъ
dative	*vetъxomъ	*vetъxamъ	*vetъxomъ
accusative	*vetъxy	*vetъxy	*vetъxa
instrumental	*vetъxy	*vetъxami	*vetъxy
locative	*vetъśěxъ	*vetъxaxъ	*vetъśěxъ
vocative	*vetъśi	*vetъxy	*vetъxa

Definite declension of *vetъxъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*vetъxъjь	*vetъxaja	*vetъxoje
genitive	*vetъxajego	*vetъxyję̇	*vetъxajego
dative	*vetъxujemu	*vetъśěji	*vetъxujemu
accusative	*vetъxъjь	*vetъxǫjǫ	*vetъxoje
instrumental	*vetъxyjimь	*vetъxǫjǫ	*vetъxyjimь
locative	*vetъśějemь	*vetъśěji	*vetъśějemь
vocative	*vetъxъjь	*vetъxaja	*vetъxoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*vetъxaja	*vetъśěji	*vetъśěji
genitive	*vetъxuju	*vetъxuju	*vetъxuju
dative	*vetъxyjima	*vetъxyjima	*vetъxyjima
accusative	*vetъxaja	*vetъśěji	*vetъśěji
instrumental	*vetъxyjima	*vetъxyjima	*vetъxyjima
locative	*vetъxuju	*vetъxuju	*vetъxuju
vocative	*vetъxaja	*vetъśěji	*vetъśěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*vetъśiji	*vetъxyję̇	*vetъxaja
genitive	*vetъxъjixъ	*vetъxъjixъ	*vetъxъjixъ
dative	*vetъxyjimъ	*vetъxyjimъ	*vetъxyjimъ
accusative	*vetъxyję̇	*vetъxyję̇	*vetъxaja
instrumental	*vetъxyjimi	*vetъxyjimi	*vetъxyjimi
locative	*vetъxyjixъ	*vetъxyjixъ	*vetъxyjixъ
vocative	*vetъśiji	*vetъxyję̇	*vetъxaja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ)
    • Russian: ве́тхий (vétxij)
    • Ukrainian: ве́тхий (vétxyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⰵⱅⱏⱈⱏ (vetŭxŭ)

  • Bulgarian: вехт (veht)
  • Macedonian: ветов (vetov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ве̏тах, ве̏т

    Latin script: vȅtah, vȅt

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vetchý
    • Czech: vetchý
  • Old Polish: wiotchy
    • Polish: wiotki
  • Slovak: vetchý

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vetъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ветхий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress