Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svěžь

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

Unclear: ě (< long monophthong [ě₁] or diphthong [ě₂]), ž (< g or z).

Compare Latin vigeō (ě₂?+z) and possibly Latin vegeō (< *weǵ-, ě₁+z)
Compare Lithuanian sveĩkas (“healthy”) or/and Latvian svaigs (ě₂+g) or/and Old Norse sykn (“innocent”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (swikns).
Compare Irish féig (“sharp”) or Albanian vogëlë or Lithuanian sviegas or Russian свига́ть (svigátʹ) (ě₂+g).

Adjective

*svěžь

fresh

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*svěžestь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свѣжь (svěžĭ)
  - Belarusian: све́жы (svjéžy)
  - Russian: све́жий (svéžij)
  - Ukrainian: сві́жий (svížyj)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: свеж (svež)
- Macedonian: свеж (svež)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: све̏ж (Ekavian), свје̏ж (Ijekavian)
  
  Latin: svȅž (Ekavian), svjȅž (Ijekavian)
- Slovene: svež

West Slavic:
- Czech: svěží
- Polish: świeży
- Slovak: svieži
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: [Term?]
  - Upper Sorbian: [Term?]

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “свежий”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “свежий”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 143

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