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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

  • Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: sfânt

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свято́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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, →ISSN, 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 slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*svę̑tъ
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