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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- (“to shine”). By surface analysis, *kvisti (“to bloom”) +‎ *-ъ. Doublet of *světъ.

Noun

*kvě̑tъ m[1][2]

  1. flower (a plant that bears flowers)
  2. (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
genitive *kvě̑ta *květù *kvě̃tъ
dative *kvě̑tu *květomà *květòmъ
accusative *kvě̑tъ *kvě̑ta *kvě̑ty
instrumental *kvě̑tъmь, *kvě̑tomь* *květomà *květý
locative *kvě̑tě *květù *květě̃xъ
vocative *květe *kvě̑ta *kvě̑ti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *květica
  • *květina
  • *květišče
  • *květiti
  • *květuľa
  • *květъkъ / *květъka
  • *květьcь
  • *květьje
  • *květьnъ
  • *květьnь

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: цвѣтъ (cvětŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: квѣте (květe)
      • → Russian: квет (kvet) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: kwiat, kwiôt
    • Old Czech: květ
    • Polabian: kjot
    • Polish: kwiat
      • → Old Ruthenian: квѣтъ (květ), квꙗтъ (kvjat)
        • Belarusian: квет (kvjet)
        • Ukrainian: квіт (kvit)
    • Silesian: kwiat
    • Slovak: kvet
    • Sorbian:
    • → Yiddish: קווייט (kveyt)

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*květъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 162
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “цвет”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 362
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цвет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kvě̑tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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.)”
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