Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vędnǫti

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

Etymology

Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wendʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *svędnǫti, Old High German swintan (“to shrink, to fade”), German schwinden (“to shrink, to fade”), Old English swindan (“to subside, to fade”).

Verb

*vę̀dnǫti impf

1. to fade, to wither

Inflection

Conjugation of *vędnǫti, *vęde, *vędnetь (impf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vędenьje	*vędnǫti	*vędnǫtъ	*vędlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vędenъ	*vędnomъ
Active	*vędъ	*vędny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vęd(ox)ъ	*vęde	*vęde	*vędnǫ	*vędneši	*vędnetь
Dual	*vęd(ox)ově	*vęd(e/os)ta	*vęd(e/os)te	*vędnevě	*vędneta	*vędnete
Plural	*vęd(ox)omъ	*vęd(e/os)te	*vędǫ, *vędošę	*vędnemъ	*vędnete	*vędnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vędněaxъ	*vędněaše	*vędněaše	—	*vędni	*vędni
Dual	*vędněaxově	*vędněašeta	*vędněašete	*vędněvě	*vędněta	—
Plural	*vędněaxomъ	*vędněašete	*vędněaxǫ	*vędněmъ	*vędněte	—

Related terms

• *svędnǫti (“to wither”)
• *vǫditi

Derived terms

• *uvędnǫti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѧнѫти (vęnǫti)
    • Belarusian: вя́нуць (vjánucʹ)
    • Russian: вя́нуть (vjánutʹ)
    • Ukrainian: в'я́нути (vʺjánuty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: compare оувѩдати (uvjędati)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: ве́хна (véhna)
  • Macedonian: вене (vene)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ве̏нути

    Latin script: vȅnuti

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): vȅnuti, 2sg. vȅneš
    • Chakavian (Hvar): vȅnut, 1sg. vȅnen
  • Slovene: vẹ́niti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vadnúti
    • Czech: vadnout
  • Polish: więdnąć
  • Slovak: vädnúť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wjadnyć

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vę̀dnǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 520
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вя́нуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress