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. 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”)

Related terms

• *vysõkъ (“high, tall”), *vyšьjь (“higher, taller”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: высь f (vysʹ)
  • Ukrainian: вись f (vysʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: вис f (vis)
  • Serbo-Croatian: вис
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: výše f (noun)
  • Old Polish: wysza f, wyszsza (alternative reading)
    • Polish: wyż

Further reading

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

Noun

*vysь m

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).

Related terms

• *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 (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152