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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Morphologically from Proto-Slavic *světъ (world) + *-iti. Cognate with Lithuanian švaitýti (according to Snoj: both are of secondary origin).

Verb

*světìti impf (perfective *světnǫti)[1][2]

  1. to illuminate, to shine

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: свѣтити (světiti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: свѣтити (světiti)
      Glagolitic script: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⰹⱅⰹ (světiti)
    • Bulgarian: све́тя (svétja), dial. светя́ (svetjá)
      • Bulgarian: светкам (svetkam), светвам (svetvam)
    • Macedonian: свети (sveti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: свије́тити, све́тити
      Latin script: svijétiti, svétiti
    • Slovene: svetīti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “светя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 544

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “svetīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*světi̋ti
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “světiti: světjǫ světitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 257; PR 137)
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