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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/květъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *kwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoyt-o-s with irregular centumization, from *ḱweyt- (white). Baltic cognates include Latvian kvitêt, kvitu, kvitinât. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá), English white.

Noun

*kvě̑tъ m [1][2]

  1. bright color, light
  2. color, bloom, flower

Declension

Derived terms

  • *květica
  • *květina
  • *květišče
  • *květiti
  • *květulja
  • *květъkъ / *květъka
  • *květьcь
  • *květьje
  • *květьnъ

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kvě̑tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258: “m. o (c) ‘flower’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), květъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 142; RPT 98, 101f.)”
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