Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vějь
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
Action noun, from *vějati + *-ъ or from *věti (“to wind, to blow wind”) + *-jь, attested indirectly in derivatives. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Technically reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *wḗˀjas (“wind”) with cognates Lithuanian vė́jas, Latvian vẽjš, however, it is hard to tell if the Slavic descendants directly continue the Balto-Slavic lemma or were formed afterwards. Further akin to Sanskrit वायु (vāyu, “wind, air”).
Noun edit
*vějь m
Declension edit
Declension of *vějь (soft o-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Related terms edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*navějь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 222
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 141