See also: клятва

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *klętva (a type of oath), per Brückner derived from Proto-Slavic *kloniti (to incline, bend) due to touching the ground with a hand during this type of oath. By surface analysis, клѧти сѧ (klęti sę) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Per Trubachev, Old Lithuanian klentêt and Old Prussian klantemmai are borrowings from Slavic.

Noun edit

клѧтва (klętvaf

  1. oath
  2. curse

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bulgarian: клетва (kletva)
  • Russian: клятва (kljatva)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kletva

Further reading edit