Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvětъ

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 *sъ- +‎ *větъ (“talk, agreement”), likely as a translation of Koine Greek συμβούλιον (sumboúlion, “advice, counsel”)^[1] (whence modern συμβούλιο (symvoúlio, “board, council”), analyzable as συμ- (sum-) +‎ βουλή (boulḗ) +‎ -ον (-on)).

Noun

*sъvětъ m

advice, counsel

Declension

Declension of *sъvětъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъvětъ	*sъvěta	*sъvěti
genitive	*sъvěta	*sъvětu	*sъvětъ
dative	*sъvětu	*sъvětoma	*sъvětomъ
accusative	*sъvětъ	*sъvěta	*sъvěty
instrumental	sъvětъmь, sъvětomь^*	*sъvětoma	*sъvěty
locative	*sъvětě	*sъvětu	*sъvětěxъ
vocative	*sъvěte	*sъvěta	*sъvěti

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

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)
  - → Old East Slavic: съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)
    - Belarusian: саве́т (savjét)
    - Russian: сове́т (sovét)
    - Ukrainian: сові́т (sovít)
- Bulgarian: съве́т (sǎvét)
- Macedonian: совет (sovet)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: са́вет, са́вјет
  
  Latin script: sávet, sávjet

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: sfat

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сове́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сове́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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