ve-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ve"

Czech

Prefix

ve-

Alternative form of v-

Usage notes

Used in front of double consonant.

Derived terms

Derived terms

vecpat
vejít
vepsat
vestavět

Further reading

v-/ve- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Latin

Alternative forms

vae-

Etymology

There is some disagreement on origin of this prefix:

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew (“out, away”). Compare Latin au-, Sanskrit अव (áva), Old Irish úa (“from, of”).[1]
From Proto-Italic *s(w)ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), whence also Latin sē- (“separately; without”), sē (“oneself”), sed (“but”).[2]
By reanalysis of the contracted form of vehemēns (“very eager, furious”), vēmēns, as vē- and mēns (“mind”).[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯eː/, [u̯eː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve/, [vɛː]

Prefix

vē-

Used to indicate a fault of excess or deficiency, too much, too little

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with ve-

(perhaps) vescor, vescus
(perhaps) vestīgium

References

“vē-”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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