Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světъ

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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

1. light
2. world

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*svě̑tъ	*svě̑ta	*svě̑ti
Accusative	*svě̑tъ	*svě̑ta	*svě̑ty
Genitive	*svě̑ta	*světù	*svě̃tъ
Locative	*svě̑tě	*světù	*světě̃xъ
Dative	*svě̑tu	*světomà	*světòmъ
Instrumental	*svě̑tъmь, *svě̑tomь*	*světomà	*světý
Vocative	*světe	*svě̑ta	*svě̑ti

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

See also

• *svętъ

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)
      • 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: све̑т, свије̑т, сви̑т

    Latin: svȇt, svijȇt, svȋt

  • Slovene: svẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: svět
    • Czech: svět
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): svět, sjet
      • Moravian (Mistřice): svjet
  • Kashubian: swiat, sjat
  • Polabian: sjot
    • → German: Schwedt
  • Old Polish: świat
    • Polish: świat
  • Slovak: svet
  • Slovincian: svjãt
  • 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, page 476
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “свет”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. (1993), “свет”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 145