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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wāns, from the oblique form of Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōs, the accusative case of the personal pronoun Proto-Balto-Slavic *jūˀ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

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*vy

  1. you, ye (plural, nominative)
  2. you (plural, accusative)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вꙑ (vy)
      • Old Ruthenian: вы (vy)
        • Belarusian: вы (vy)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: вы ()
        • Ukrainian: ви (vy)
      • Russian: вы (vy)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vy
    • Old Polish: wy
      • Polish: wy
      • Silesian: wy
    • Slovak: vy
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wy
      • Upper Sorbian: wy

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress