Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/květъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoyt-o-s, with irregular centumization, from *ḱweyt- (“white”). By surface analysis, *kvisti (“to bloom”) +‎ *-ъ. Doublet of *světъ.

Noun

*kvě̑tъ m[1][2]

flower (a plant that bears flowers)
(botany) flower (the part of the flowering plant containing the reproductive organs)

Declension

Declension of *kvě̑tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kvě̑tъ	*kvě̑ta	*kvě̑ti
Accusative	*kvě̑tъ	*kvě̑ta	*kvě̑ty
Genitive	*kvě̑ta	*květù	*kvě̃tъ
Locative	*kvě̑tě	*květù	*květě̃xъ
Dative	*kvě̑tu	*květomà	*květòmъ
Instrumental	kvě̑tъmь, kvě̑tomь^*	*květomà	*květý
Vocative	*květe	*kvě̑ta	*kvě̑ti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*květica
*květina
*květišče
*květiti
*květulja
*květъkъ / *květъka
*květьcь
*květьje
*květьnъ
*květьnь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: цвѣтъ (cvětŭ)
  - Belarusian: цвет (cvjet) (obsolete)
  - Russian: цвет (cvet), цвето́к (cvetók), цвѣтъ (cvět) (obsolete)
  - Ukrainian: цвіт (cvit)
- Old Novgorodian: квѣтъ (květŭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: цвѣтъ (cvětŭ)
- Bulgarian: цвят (cvjat), цве́те (cvéte), цвѣтъ (cvět) (obsolete)
- Macedonian: цвет (cvet)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: цве̑т, цвије̑т, цви̑т, цвѣтъ (obsolete)
  
  Latin: cvȇt, cvijȇt, cvȋt, cviet (obsolete), cvět (obsolete)
- Slovene: cvẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: květ
  - Czech: květ
- Kashubian: kwiat, kwiôt
- Polabian: kjot
- Polish: kwiat
  - → Belarusian: кве́тка (kvjétka)
  - → Ukrainian: квіт (kvit), кві́тка (kvítka)
- Silesian: kwiat
- Slovak: kvet
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: kwět
  - Upper Sorbian: kwět
- → Yiddish: קווייט‎ (kveyt)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kvě̑tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258: “m. o (c) ‘flower’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “květъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 142; RPT 98, 101f.)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kvě̑tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258: “m. o (c) ‘flower’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “květъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 142; RPT 98, 101f.)”