Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Vęťeslavъ

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 *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) +‎ *slàva (“glory, fame”).

Proper noun

*Vęťeslàvъ m

1. a male given name, Vyacheslav

Declension

Declension of *Vęťeslavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Vęťeslavъ	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavi
genitive	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavu	*Vęťeslavъ
dative	*Vęťeslavu	*Vęťeslavoma	*Vęťeslavomъ
accusative	*Vęťeslavъ	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavy
instrumental	*Vęťeslavъmь, *Vęťeslavomь*	*Vęťeslavoma	*Vęťeslavy
locative	*Vęťeslavě	*Vęťeslavu	*Vęťeslavěxъ
vocative	*Vęťeslave	*Vęťeslava	*Vęťeslavi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

Related terms

• (1=*vęťьjь)
  • *Vęťeslavъ

• (2=*slava)
  • *Boguslavъ; *Boguslava / *Bogoslavъ; *Bogoslava
  • *Bojeslavъ
  • *Boľeslavъ
  • *Borislavъ; *Borislava
  • *Bornislavъ
  • *Bręťislavъ ?
  • *Budislavъ; *Budislava
  • *Časlavъ
  • *Dobroslavъ
  • *Dorgoslavъ
  • *Gostislavъ
  • *Gordislavъ
  • *Gořeslavъ / *Gorislavъ
  • *Jьstislavъ
  • *Jьzęslavъ
  • *Jaroslàvъ; *Jaroslàva
  • *Krěsislavъ
  • *Ľubislavъ
  • *Ľuboslavъ
  • *Ludislavъ
  • *Manislavъ
  • *Miloslavъ / *Milislavъ
  • *Miroslavъ
  • *Mojьslavъ
  • *Mьstislavъ
  • *Mьrčislavъ
  • *Něgoslavъ
  • *Ordoslavъ; *Ordoslava / *Radoslavъ; *Radoslava
  • *Orstislavъ; *Orstislava
  • *Orzslavъ ?
  • *Stanislavъ
  • *Svętoslavъ
  • *Tvьrdislavъ
  • *Vęťeslàvъ
  • *Věroslavъ
  • *Xodislavъ
  • *Xornislavъ
  • *Xotislavъ
  • *Xvalislavъ
  • *Zořeslavъ
  • *Žiroslavъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Вѧчеславъ (Vęčeslavŭ), Вѧчьславъ (Vęčĭslavŭ)
    • Middle Russian: Вѧчеславъ (Vjačeslav), Вечеславъ (Večeslav)
      • Russian: Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Ruthenian: Вѧчеславъ (Vjačeslav)
      • Belarusian: Вячасла́ў (Vjačasláŭ), Вацлаў (Vaclaŭ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv)
      • Ukrainian: В'ячесла́в (Vʺjačesláv), Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv)
  • Old Novgorodian: Вѧцьславе (Vęcĭslave)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: Вѧцеславъ (Vęceslavŭ) (Russian)
    • Bulgarian: Венцеслав (Venceslav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Већеслав, Вјенцеслав

    Latin script: Većeslav, Vjenceslav

  • Slovene: Venčeslav
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: *Vęčeslav, Vácslav
    • Czech: Václav
    • → Latin: Venceslaus
      • French: Venceslas
      • Italian: Venceslao, Vinceslao, Vincislao
      • Portuguese: Venceslau, Wenceslau
      • Spanish: Wenceslao
        • → Cebuano: Wenceslao
      • → English: Wenceslaus, Wenceslas
      • → German: Wenceslaus, Wenzel
      • → Hungarian: Vencel
  • Polish: Więcesław, Więcsław, Więcław, Więsław, Wacław
    • → Old Ruthenian: Вѧтславъ (Vjatslav)
  • Slovak: Václav

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Вячесла́в”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “В'ячесла́в”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 443
• Anikin, A. E. (2015) “вѧчии”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 269