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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věďa

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 1

From *viděti (“to see”).

Noun

*věďa f

  1. eyelid
    Synonym: *věko
  2. eyebrow
    Synonym: *bry
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic: –

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

Etymology 2

From *věděti +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*věďa f

  1. knowledge
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣжа (věža)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: věda (“science”)
    • Polabian: veďă (“knowledge”)
    • Polish: wiedza (“knowledge”)
    • Slovak: veda (“science”)
Derived terms
  • *nevěďa
  • *věďьstvo
    • Old East Slavic: вѣжество (věžestvo)
      • Russian: вежество́ (vežestvó), ве́жство (véžstvo) (dated)
    • Old Church Slavonic: вѣждьство (věždĭstvo)

Further reading
  • Anikin, A. E. (2012), “ве́жа II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 6 (вал – вершок), Moscow: LRC, Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 180
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “невежа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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