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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věščь

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 *věděti (“to foresee, to know”) +‎ *-ťь.

Adjective

*věščь

  1. proficient, skilled
  2. oracular

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *věščati (“to foretell, to prophesy”)
  • *věščina (“proficiency”)
  • *věščьba (“prophecy; practice, drill”)
  • *věščеrъ (“wizard (male)”), *věščica (“witch (female)”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣщь (věščĭ)
    • Russian: ве́щий (véščij)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: віщу́н (viščún)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вѣщь (věštĭ)
    • Bulgarian: вещ (vešt)
    • Macedonian: вешт (vešt)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ве̏шт
      Latin script: vȅšt
    • Slovene: véšč
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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