Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti

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 *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognates with Latvian vît, Lithuanian výti, Latin viere, Albanian vithe.

Verb

*vìti impf

1. to bend, to twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of *viti, *vi(tъ), *vьjetь (impf., -V-, t-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vitьje	*viti	*vitъ	*vilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vitъ	*vьjemъ
Active	*vivъ	*vьję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vixъ	*vi(tъ)	*vi(tъ)	*vьjǫ	*vьješi	*vьjetь
Dual	*vixově	*vista	*viste	*vьjevě	*vьjeta	*vьjete
Plural	*vixomъ	*viste	*višę	*vьjemъ	*vьjete	*vьjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьjaaxъ	*vьjaaše	*vьjaaše	—	*vьji	*vьji
Dual	*vьjaaxově	*vьjaašeta	*vьjaašete	*vьjivě	*vьjita	—
Plural	*vьjaaxomъ	*vьjaašete	*vьjaaxǫ	*vьjimъ	*vьjite	—

Derived terms

• Verbs:
  • *perviti (“to fold”)
  • *zaviti (“to turn around”)
  • *naviti (“to coil, to curl”)
  • *poviti (“to wrap, to envelop”)
  • *jьzviti (“to bend, to curve”)
  • *orzviti (“to develop”)
• Nominals:
  • *obilьje (“abundance”) (from an earlier *obvilьje)
  • *vidla (“pitchfork”)
  • *vitь (“twist, knot”)
  • *vina (“guilt, blame”)
  • *vila (“nymph”)
  • *vojь (“turn, curving”)

Related terms

• *vixъrъ (“gust, wind”)
• *věnьcь (“wreath”)
• *věťati (“to predict”)
  • *větъ (“claim, talk”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вити (viti)
    • Old Ruthenian: вити (viti)
      • Old Belarusian: вити (viti)
        • Belarusian: віць (vicʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ви́ти (výty)
    • Russian: вить (vitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: вити (viti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⰻⱅⰻ (viti)

  • Bulgarian: ви́я (víja)
  • Macedonian: ви́е (víe)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви̏ти

    Latin script: vȉti

  • Slovene: víti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: víti
    • Czech: vít
  • Old Polish: wić
    • Polish: wić
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: wic
  • Slovak: viť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wiś
    • Upper Sorbian: wić

Further reading

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