Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svьnǫti

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *svьtnǫti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwístei, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwéy-né-t-ti ~ *ḱwi-n-t-énti, from *ḱweyt- (“to shine”). Akin to Lithuanian švìsti (“to shine”).

Verb

*svьnǫti

1. (intransitive) to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)

   Synonyms: *dьněti, *svitati

Inflection

Conjugation of *svьnǫti, *svьnǫ, *svьnetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*svьnovenьje	*svьnǫti	*svьnǫtъ	*svьnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*svьnovenъ	*svьnomъ
Active	*svьnǫvъ	*svьny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svьnǫxъ	*svьnǫ	*svьnǫ	*svьnǫ	*svьneši	*svьnetь
Dual	*svьnǫxově	*svьnǫsta	*svьnǫste	*svьnevě	*svьneta	*svьnete
Plural	*svьnǫxomъ	*svьnǫste	*svьnǫšę	*svьnemъ	*svьnete	*svьnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*svьněaxъ	*svьněaše	*svьněaše	—	*svьni	*svьni
Dual	*svьněaxově	*svьněašeta	*svьněašete	*svьněvě	*svьněta	—
Plural	*svьněaxomъ	*svьněašete	*svьněaxǫ	*svьněmъ	*svьněte	—

Related terms

noun

• *světъ

 

verb

• *světiti
• *svitati
• *svьtěti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свьнути (svĭnuti), свѣнути (svěnuti)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: асвяну́ць (asvjanúcʹ), освыну́ты (osvynúty) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: рассвену́ть (rassvenútʹ)
    • Ukrainian: свіну́ти (svinúty), свіну́тися (svinútysja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свьнѫти (svĭnǫti)

  • Bulgarian: съ́вна (sǎ́vna) (dialectal), съ́мна (sǎ́mna) (standard)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сва̀нути

    Latin script: svànuti

  • Slovene: svəníti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • >? Kashubian: switnąc
  • >? Old Polish: świtnąć
  • >? Slovak: svitnúť

Further reading

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