Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/květъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoyt-o-s, with irregular centumization, from *ḱweyt- (“to shine”). By surface analysis, *kvisti (“to bloom”) + *-ъ. Doublet of *světъ.
Noun
- flower (a plant that bears flowers)
- (botany) flower (the part of the flowering plant containing the reproductive organs)
Declension
Declension of *kvě̑tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kvě̑tъ | *kvě̑ta | *kvě̑ti |
| genitive | *kvě̑ta | *květù | *kvě̃tъ |
| dative | *kvě̑tu | *květomà | *květòmъ |
| accusative | *kvě̑tъ | *kvě̑ta | *kvě̑ty |
| instrumental | *kvě̑tъmь, *kvě̑tomь* | *květomà | *květý |
| locative | *kvě̑tě | *květù | *květě̃xъ |
| vocative | *květe | *kvě̑ta | *kvě̑ti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *květica
- *květina
- *květišče
- *květiti
- *květuľa
- *květъkъ / *květъka
- *květьcь
- *květьje
- *květьnъ
- *květьnь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*květъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 162
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “цвет”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 362
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цвет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kvě̑tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 258: “m. o (c) ‘flower’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “květъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 142; RPT 98, 101f.)”