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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/větrъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Cognate with Lithuanian vė́tra (“storm”), Latvian vētra (“storm”), Old Prussian wetro (“wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Sanskrit वाति (vāti, “to blow”).

Noun

*vě̀trъ m[1][2]

  1. wind

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • *bezvětrъ
  • *na větrě
    • *navětrьje
    • *navětrьnъ
  • *větriti
    • *obvetrěti
    • *obvětriti
    • *orzvětriti
  • *povětrъ
    • Lower Sorbian: pówětš
    • Upper Sorbian: powětr
  • *povětrьje
  • *vějati (“to blow (of wind), winnow”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ветер”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “ветер”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vě̀trъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 520: “m. o (a) ‘wind’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “větrъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 131; MP 23)”
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