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Фасмер I, 306. From Proto-Slavic *větvь 'branch'; cognate with Old East Slavic вѣтвь, Bulgarian ве́тва (vétva), ве́тка (vétka), ве́я (véja), and ве́йка (véjka), Slovenian vȇja, Czech větev, Slovak vetva, Ukrainian ві́та 'branch, twig', from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁i-tu-s Latin vītis 'vine', German Weide 'willow', Ancient Greek ἴτῠς 'felloe', Old Prussian witwan 'willow', Persian bid 'willow', and English withe 'twig or shoot' Derksen 2008 522, Kroonen 2013, 568, De Vaan 2008, 677 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, page 167 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 605 |