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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svętъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (holy). Compare Lithuanian šventas, Latvian svinēt, English housel.

Adjective

*svętъ

  1. holy, sacred

Declension

See also

Descendants

Non-Slavic

References

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), свято́й”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*svętъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476
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