Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větrъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Cognate with Lithuanian vė́tra (storm), Latvian vētra (storm), Old Prussian wetro (wind), Latin ventus (wind), Sanskrit वाति (vāti, to blow).

Noun edit

*vě̀trъ m[1][2]

  1. wind

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

  • *vějati (to blow (of wind), winnow)

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ветер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ветер”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vě̀trъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 520:m. o (a) ‘wind’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “větrъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 131; MP 23)