Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svěžь

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 *swaigis.

Unclear: ě (< long monophthong [ě₁] or diphthong [ě₂]), ž (< g or z).

Compare Latin vigeō (ě₂?+z) and possibly Latin vegeō (< *weǵ-, ě₁+z)
Compare Lithuanian sveĩkas (“healthy”) or/and Latvian svaigs (ě₂+g) or/and Lithuanian šviežias (although it could be a Slavic borrowing) or/and Old Norse sykn (“innocent”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (swikns).
Compare Irish féig (“sharp”) or Albanian vogëlë or Lithuanian sviegas or Russian свига́ть (svigátʹ) (ě₂+g).

Adjective

*svěžь

fresh

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*svěžestь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свѣжь (svěžĭ)
  - Belarusian: све́жы (svjéžy)
  - Russian: све́жий (svéžij)
  - Ukrainian: сві́жий (svížyj)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: свеж (svež)
- Macedonian: свеж (svež)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: све̏ж (Ekavian), свје̏ж (Ijekavian)
  
  Latin: svȅž (Ekavian), svjȅž (Ijekavian)
- Slovene: svež
West Slavic:
- Czech: svěží
- Old Polish: śwież
  - Polish: świeży
- Slovak: svieži
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian:

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “свежий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “свежий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 143

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.