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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svěťьnikъ

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 *svěťa (candle) + *-ьnikъ.

Noun

*svěťьnikъ m[1]

  1. candlestick, candle holder

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: свѣчьникъ (svěčĭnikŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: свѣчникъ (svěčnik)
        • Belarusian: свечнік (svječnik)
        • Ukrainian: свічник (svičnyk)
      • Russian: све́чник (svéčnik)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: sviecník
      • Czech: svícník (dated)
    • Polabian: svecnĕk
    • Old Polish: świecznik
    • Slovak: svietnik; sviečnik (dialectal)
    • Slovincian: swjécznik
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: swěcnik
      • Upper Sorbian: swěčnik

References

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    Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “svecnĕk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 796
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