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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svętъ

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 *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (holy).

Adjective

*svę̑tъ[1][2][3]

  1. holy, sacred

Declension

Derived terms

  • *svętьcь
  • *svętyni

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: святъ (svjatŭ)
    • Latvian: svēts
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: sfânt

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*svętъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476: “adj. o ‘holy, sacred’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), svętъ svęta svęto”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c holy (SA 109; PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), svẹ̑t”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*svę̑tъ”
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