Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱwen-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*ḱwent-^[1]

Root edit

*ḱwen-^[2]

holy, sacred

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱwen-‎ (5 c, 0 e)

*ḱwentos
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *śwentas (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćwantas
  - Proto-Iranian: *cwantah
    - Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀 (spəṇta)
      - → Persian: سپنتا (sepantâ)
    - Persian: سپند (sepand)
*ḱunt-slo
- Proto-Germanic: *hunslą (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN

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