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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voďь

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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

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Etymology

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From *voditi (to lead, conduct) +‎ *-jь. Compare Lithuanian vãdas, Czech vůdce, Slovak vodca, Upper Sorbian wodźićel, Lower Sorbian wjednik.

Noun

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*vòďь m[1]

  1. leader, chief

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vodjь b leder”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вождь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “вождь”, 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 161
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “вождь”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вожь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 281