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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Morphologically from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“world”) + *-iti. Cognate with Lithuanian švaitýti (according to Snoj: both are of secondary origin).

Verb

*světìti impf (perfective *světnǫti)[1][2]

  1. to illuminate, to shine

Inflection

  • *svьtěti (“to lighten”)
  • *svьnǫti (“to get bright, to dawn”)
  • *svitati (“to dawn”)
  • *svěťa (“candle”)
  • *světьlъ (“bright”)
    • *světьlina (“light, glow”)
  • *svidъ (“dogwood”) (possibly)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: свѣтити (světiti)
      • Belarusian: свеці́ць (svjecícʹ)
      • Russian: свети́ть (svetítʹ)
      • Ukrainian: світи́ти (svitýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: свѣтити (světiti)
      Glagolitic: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⰹⱅⰹ (světiti)
    • Bulgarian: све́тя (svétja), dial. светя́ (svetjá)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: светкам (svetkam), светвам (svetvam)
    • Macedonian: свети (sveti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: свије́тити, све́тити
      Latin: svijétiti, svétiti
    • Slovene: svetīti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “svetīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*světi̋ti”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “světiti: světjǫ světitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 257; PR 137)”
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