volsti

volsti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `rule'

Old Church Slavic:

vlasti `rule' [verb], vladǫ [1sg]

Czech:

vlásti (obs.) `rule' [verb]

Lithuanian:

valdýti `rule, govern, wield' [verb], val̃do [3ps], val̃dė [3pt]

Latvian:

vàldît `rule, govern, wield' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: uolH-dʰ-tei \{1\}

Comments: Apparently, the suffix became part of the root.

Other cognates:

Gk. ὁλκός `windlass' [m o]