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]

    1. holy, sacred

    Inflection

    This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

    • East Baltic
      • Latgalian: svāts
      • Latvian: svēts
      • Lithuanian: šveñtas
      • Samogitian: švėntas
    • West Baltic
    • Proto-Slavic: *svę̑tъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    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”
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