Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱwen-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*ḱwent-[1]

Root

*ḱwen- [2]

holy, sacred

Derived terms

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*ḱwen-tos
- Balto-Slavic: *śwentas
  - Lithuanian: šveñtas
  - Old Prussian: swints
  - Slavic: *svętъ (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *ĉwanta
  - Iranian: *ĉwanta
    - Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀‎ (spəṇta)
      - → Persian: سپنتا‎ (sepantâ)
    - Persian: سپند‎ (sipand)
*ḱun(t)-slos
- Germanic: *hunslą (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN