Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svatъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *swé |
If Latgalian svõts (“relative”) is a cognate (rather than a borrowing), then perhaps both inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swṓtas. Ultimately, from a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”), whence also Lithuanian svetỹs, svẽčias (“guest”); Ancient Greek ἔτης (étēs, “clansman”).
Machek advocates for an original u-stem in view of related Old Czech svatvie (“wedlocking”) (< *svatvьje).
Noun
- father of one of the newlyweds
- (by generalization) wedder, matchmaker (attendant of a wedding)
- Synonym: *svatьbařь
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *svatъ | *svàta | *svàti |
| genitive | *svàta | *svàtu | *svàtъ |
| dative | *svàtu | *svàtoma | *svàtomъ |
| accusative | *svatъ | *svàta | *svàty |
| instrumental | *svàtъmь, *svàtomь* | *svàtoma | *svàtȳ |
| locative | *svàtě | *svàtu | *svàtě̄xъ |
| vocative | *svàte | *svàta | *svàti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *svojь (“own”)
- *svojatъ (“intrinsic to oneself”)
- *svakъ (“uncle, male relative”)
- *svekrъ (“father-in-law”), *svekry (“mother-in-law”)
- *sětiti (“to attend, to visit”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сват”, 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), “сват”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 534
- “svečias”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “svatъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 158; PR 131; RPT 99, 101)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “svat”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sva̋tъ”