Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Slovǫta

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.

Uncertain. Usually believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH- (“to clean”) +‎ *-ǫta. Displaced by *Dъněprъ.

*Slovǫta f needs accents

1. Dnieper (a river in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)

   Synonym: *Dъněprъ

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *Словѫта (*Slovǫta)
    • Old Ruthenian: Славута (Slavuta) (1610–1635; 17–18ᵗʰ cent.)
      • Ukrainian: Славу́та (Slavúta) (poetic)
      • → Middle Polish: Słautą (1615), Sławutą (1642) (learned)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Словѫтичь m (Slovǫtičĭ) (The Tale of Igor's Campaign, late 12ᵗʰ cent.)
      • → Middle Russian: Слаутичъ (Slautič) (learned) (late 17ᵗʰ cent.)
      • → Russian: Славу́тич (Slavútič) (learned)
      • → Ukrainian: Славу́тич (Slavútyč) (learned)

• Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпръ”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55
• Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Дніпро́”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 185