Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svidъ

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

Either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyd- (“to shine”) or from *sweydʰ- (“to glare, to heat”), due to the glaring crimson bark of the dogwood. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (“white”) or Lithuanian svidùs (“glaring”) (akin to Lithuanian svidė́ti (“to be bright”), svìsti (“to glare”), dial. svýsti), Old Prussian sidis (“dogwood”) depending on the exact etymology. Further akin to Latvian svîst (“to glance, to glare”).

Noun

*svidъ m

dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
Synonym: *dernъ

Alternative forms

*svida f
*svidy f

Declension

Declension of *svidъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*svidъ	*svida	*svidi
Accusative	*svidъ	*svida	*svidy
Genitive	*svida	*svidu	*svidъ
Locative	*svidě	*svidu	*sviděxъ
Dative	*svidu	*svidoma	*svidomъ
Instrumental	svidъmь, svidomь^*	*svidoma	*svidy
Vocative	*svide	*svida	*svidi

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

Derived terms

*svidьcь
*svidьba
*svidina

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: сви́да (svída)
  - ⇒ Russian: свиди́на (svidína)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: свиди́на (svydýna)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: свид (svid), свит (svit) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: свидец (svidec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сви̑б
  Latin: svȋb
- Slovene: svíba
West Slavic:
- Czech: svíd
- Polish: świd
  - ⇒ Polish: świdwa
- Slovak: svíb
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: swid
  - Lower Sorbian: swid