Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velěti
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wel- / *welˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Old Lithuanian velti (“to allow”), 1sg. velmi, Latin volō (“to want”), inf. velle, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wiljan, “to want”), English will, Sanskrit वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti, “to choose, to prefer”), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬙𐬉 (vərəntē, “to choose, to prefer”), Welsh gwell (“better”), Ancient Greek ἔλδομαι (éldomai, “to wish”).
Verb edit
*velě̀ti
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *velěti, *velě, *velitь (?, -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*velěnьje | *velěti | *velětъ | *velělъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *velěnъ | *velimъ |
Active | *velěvъ | *velę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *velěxъ | *velě | *velě | *veľǫ | *veliši | *velitь |
Dual | *velěxově | *velěsta | *velěste | *velivě | *velita | *velite |
Plural | *velěxomъ | *velěste | *velěšę | *velimъ | *velite | *velętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *velěaxъ | *velěaše | *velěaše | — | *veli | *veli |
Dual | *velěaxově | *velěašeta | *velěašete | *velivě | *velita | — |
Plural | *velěaxomъ | *velěašete | *velěaxǫ | *velimъ | *velite | — |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: ве́ля (vélja), ве́лям (véljam) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: вели (veli)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Chakavian (Vrgada): 3sg. velĩ (“(he) says”)
- Slovene: velẹ́ti (tonal orthography), 1sg. velím (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References edit
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 514
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “веле́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “веле́ть”, 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 139