Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zavětъ

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 *za- (“for, after”) +‎ *větъ (“talk, agreement”); see *za for more on the prefix.^[1]

Noun

*zavětъ m

covenant

Declension

Declension of *zavětъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zavětъ	*zavěta	*zavěti
genitive	*zavěta	*zavětu	*zavětъ
dative	*zavětu	*zavětoma	*zavětomъ
accusative	*zavětъ	*zavěta	*zavěty
instrumental	zavětъmь, zavětomь^*	*zavětoma	*zavěty
locative	*zavětě	*zavětu	*zavětěxъ
vocative	*zavěte	*zavěta	*zavěti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: за́вѣтъ (závětŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: завѣтъ (zavět), заветъ (zavet)
    - Ukrainian: заві́т (zavít)
  - Russian: заве́т (zavét)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: завѣтъ (zavětŭ)
- Bulgarian: завет (zavet)
- Macedonian: завет (zavet)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: за́вет, за́вјет
  
  Latin script: závet, závjet
West Slavic:
- Czech: závěť
- Old Polish: zawiat
- Slovak: závet

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “заве́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “заве́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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