Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světъ

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 *śwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Cognate with Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta), Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.

Noun

*svě̑tъ m

light
world

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svě̑tъ	*svě̑ta	*svě̑ti
genitive	*svě̑ta	*světù	*svě̃tъ
dative	*svě̑tu	*světomà	*světòmъ
accusative	*svě̑tъ	*svě̑ta	*svě̑ty
instrumental	svě̑tъmь, svě̑tomь^*	*světomà	*světý
locative	*svě̑tě	*světù	*světě̃xъ
vocative	*světe	*svě̑ta	*svě̑ti

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

Derived terms

*svěťa (“candle”)
*světьlъ (“bright”)
*světьlo (“light”)

Related terms

*květъ (“flower”)
*kvisti (“bloom, blossom”)
*svitati
*svьtěti (“to shine”)
*svьnǫti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свѣтъ (světŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: свѣтъ (svět)
    - Belarusian: свет (svjet)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: світ (svit)
    - Ukrainian: світ (svit)
  - Russian: свет (svet)
  - → Lithuanian: svietas (obsolete)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: свѣтъ (světŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⱏ (světŭ)
- Bulgarian: свят (svjat)
- Macedonian: свет (svet)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: све̑т, свије̑т, сви̑т
  
  Latin: svȇt, svijȇt, svȋt
- Slovene: svẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: svět
  - Czech: svět
- Old Polish: świat
  - Masurian: szwat
  - Polish: świat
  - Silesian: świat
- Slovak: svet (“world”), svit (“light”)
- Polabian: sjot
  - → German: Schwedt
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: swiat
  - Slovincian: swjat
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: swět
  - Lower Sorbian: swět

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 476
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “свет”, 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 145

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