Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьsь
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьśь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wiśis, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.
Akin to Latvian vìesis (“visitor”), Lithuanian viešis (“guest”). Further related to Latin vīcus (“village”), Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“settlement”), which may be the origin of Old Norse víkingr (“viking”). The latter was borrowed into Slavic as Proto-Slavic *vitędzь (“hero, knight”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vь̀sь | *vьsì | *vьsì |
| genitive | *vь̀si | *vь̀sьju, *vьšu* | *vьsь̀jь, *vь̀si* |
| dative | *vьsì | *vь̀sьma | *vьsь̀mъ |
| accusative | *vь̀sь | *vьsì | *vьsì |
| instrumental | *vь̀sьjǫ, *vь̀šǫ* | *vь̀sьma | *vь̀sьmī |
| locative | *vь̀si | *vь̀sьju, *vьšu* | *vьsь̀xъ |
| vocative | *vьsi | *vьsì | *vьsì |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *vьsьcь, *vьsьka (diminutive)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vьsь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vas”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vь̏sь”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vьsь vьsi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. b/c landsby (PR 136, 138)”
Further reading
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)[2], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 517
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress