Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velьjь

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 *vele + *jь with tense e becoming ь. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, see also Proto-Germanic *wela.[1]

Adjective edit

*velьjь (comparative *boľьjь or *vęťьjь)

  1. great

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Antonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: велии (velii)
  • West Slavic:

References edit

  1. ^ Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia. (1999). Poland: Ksie̦garnia Akademicka, p. 34