Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śwentás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”).

Adjective

*śwentás[1][2]

holy, sacred

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic
- Latvian: svēts
- Lithuanian: šveñtas
West Baltic
- Old Prussian: swints
Proto-Slavic: *svę̑tъ (see there for further descendants)

References

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: “BSl. *śwentos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “šventas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456: “BSl. *śwentos”

[1] 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: “BSl. *śwentos”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “šventas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456: “BSl. *śwentos”