Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śwentás
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Proto-Balto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”).
Adjective[edit]
Inflection[edit]
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants[edit]
- East Baltic
- West Baltic
- Old Prussian: swints
- Proto-Slavic: *svę̑tъ (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svętъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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”