Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věstь

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-SlavicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *waiˀstis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyd-ti-s. Morphologically from *věděti +‎ *-tь. Cognate with Latvian vēsts.

NounEdit

*vě̑stь f[1][2]

  1. message

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Non-Slavic:
    • Romanian: veste (through Old Church Slavonic)

Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “věstь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c nyhed (PR 138)”
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “vẹ̑st”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vě̑stь”