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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svatъ

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
PIE word
*swé

If Latgalian svõts (“relative”) is a cognate (rather than a borrowing), then perhaps both inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swṓtas. Ultimately, from a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), whence also Lithuanian svetỹs, svẽčias (“guest”); Ancient Greek ἔτης (étēs, “clansman”).

Machek advocates for an original u-stem in view of related Old Czech svatvie (“wedlocking”) (< *svatvьje).

Noun

*svàtъ m[1][2]

  1. father of one of the newlyweds
  2. (by generalization) wedder, matchmaker (attendant of a wedding)
    Synonym: *svatьbařь

Declension
Declension of *svatъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *svatъ *svàta *svàti
Accusative *svatъ *svàta *svàty
Genitive *svàta *svàtu *svàtъ
Locative *svàtě *svàtu *svàtě̄xъ
Dative *svàtu *svàtoma *svàtomъ
Instrumental *svàtъmь, *svàtomь* *svàtoma *svàtȳ
Vocative *svàte *svàta *svàti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *svati f, *svaxa f (feminine counterparts)
  • *svatovati (“to wed”)
    • *svatovьstvo (“matchmaking”)
  • *svatьba (“wedding”)
  • *svatovъ
    • *svatovьnikъ m, *svatovьnica f (“matchmaker”)
  • *svojь (“own”)
    • *svojatъ (“intrinsic to oneself”)
  • *svakъ (“uncle, male relative”)
  • *svekrъ (“father-in-law”), *svekry (“mother-in-law”)
  • *sětiti (“to attend, to visit”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сватъ (svatŭ)
    • → Latvian: svāts
    • → Lithuanian: svõtas
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “svatъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 158; PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “svat”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sva̋tъ”
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