Reconstruction:Old Novgorodian/хвѣте

This Old Novgorodian 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.

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Old Pskovian reflex х (x) < с (ś) < с (s) of Eastern Old Novgorodian свѣте (světe), inherited from Proto-Slavic *svě̑tъ[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoyt-ós (light), from *ḱweyt- (to shine).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: *хвѣ‧те

Noun

*хвѣте • (*xvæten

  1. Old Pskovian form of свѣте (světe, light)

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: хвет (xvet) (Pskov)

References

  1. ^ Gluskina, S. M. (1962) “Морфонологические наблюдения над звуком [ch] в псковских говорах [Morphophonological observations on the sound [ch] in Pskov dialects]”, in Larin, B. A., editor, Псковские говоры: Труды Первой псковской диалектологической конференции 1960 года [Pskov dialects: Proceedings of the First Pskov Dialectological Conference of 1960]‎[1] (in Russian), number 1, Pskov: Pskov State Pedagogical University named after S. M. Kirov, page 28‒57