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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvěti

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

Proposed etymologies:

  • From Proto-Indo-European *keh₁w- (“to wobble”) or *keh₂w- (“to waver, to pulsate”) (in 0-grade) + *-ěti, akin to Proto-Slavic *kyvati (“to nod”). Initial *x- in this case due to PIE *kh-. Discarded as unconvincing by Trubachev (ESSJa).
  • From Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh₁- (“to sway”), akin to Lithuanian svajóti (“to dream, to hallucinate”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “to embrace”), Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”) (further related to English sway). Initial *xv- in this case from an earlier *sv-.
  • Possibly of expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Slavic *svistati (“to whistle”) → *xvistati (“to batter, to thrash”).

Verb

*xvěti impf

  1. to shake, to tremble
  2. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to oscillate, to wobble (for inanimate objects); to hesitate (for people)
    Synonym: *kolěbati (sę)

Alternative forms

  • *xvějati (intensive)

Conjugation

  • *xvučiti (“to blow, to whiz”) (possibly)
  • *kavyka (“peg, hook”) (possibly)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хвѣяти ся (xvějati sja)
    • Belarusian: хве́ицьца (xvjéicʹca)
    • Russian: хве́яться (xvéjatʹsja)
    • Ukrainian: хві́ятися (xvíjatysja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: хвѣꙗти сѧ (xvějati sę)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chvěti, chvíti
    • Polish: chwiać, chwiejać
    • Slovak: сhvieť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: chwjaś
      • Upper Sorbian: chwjeć

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