Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vetъxъ

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 *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-us-o-s, from *wet- (year). Cognate with Lithuanian vẽtušas (old, archaic), Latin vetus (old).

Adjective edit

*vetъxъ

  1. old, ancient

Declension edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vetъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 517
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ветхий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress