Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vysь

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

Formally comparable with Old Irish úas (“above”), Ancient Greek ὕψι (húpsi, “aloft”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps-, but with problematic long grade in Slavic. Possibly further related to the adverb *upó (“above, over”).

Compare also Proto-Slavic *vъz- (“up-, super-”), *vy- (“out-, ex-”).

Noun

*vysь f[1][2]

  1. height, elevation, loftiness

Declension

Declension of *vysь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *vysь *vỳsi *vỳsi
genitive *vỳsī *vỳsьju, *vỳšu* *vỳsьjь, *vỳsī*
dative *vỳsi *vỳsьma *vỳsьmъ
accusative *vysь *vỳsi *vỳsi
instrumental *vỳsьjǫ, *vỳšǭ* *vỳsьma *vỳsьmī
locative *vỳsī *vỳsьju, *vỳšu* *vỳsьxъ
vocative *vysi *vỳsi *vỳsi

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

  • *vysiti (“to rise, to elevate”)
  • *vysina (“elevation”)
  • *vysota (“highness”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: высь f (vysʹ)
    • Ukrainian: вись f (vysʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: výše f (noun)
    • Old Polish: wysza f, wyszsza (alternative reading)

Further reading

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

Noun

*vysь m[2]

  1. summit

Declension

Declension of *vysь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *vysь *vỳsi *vỳsьjē, *vỳšē*
genitive *vỳsī *vỳsьju, *vỳšu* *vỳsьjь, *vỳsī*
dative *vỳsi *vỳsьma *vỳsьmъ
accusative *vysь *vỳsi *vỳsi
instrumental *vỳsьmь *vỳsьma *vỳsьmī
locative *vỳsī *vỳsьju, *vỳšu* *vỳsьxъ
vocative *vysi *vỳsi *vỳsьjē, *vỳšē*

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

  • *vyšьka (“altitude”)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: вис m (vis, “summit”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ви̑с m
      Latin script: vȋs m

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вис (м. и ж.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Olander, Thomas (2001) “vys-”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a høj (PR 133)”
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