Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Sъvarogъ

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

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Etymology

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Probably from earlier *sъvarògъ ("fire"), from *sъvarъ (heat) +‎ *-ogъ.[1] After Christianization, the word сва́рог (svárog) has been preserved in the Russian Novgorod dialect meaning "fire; blacksmith", and "grasshopper",[2] the latter meaning compare with modern Common Russian кузнечик (kuznečik, grasshopper, literally little blacksmith) (see also dial. сварожина (svarožina, grasshopper)). The word was also borrowed into Romanian dialectal sfarog (dried or burnt food) from a South Slavic source reconstructed as *сварогъ (*svarog), probably Bulgarian.[3]

Per Brückner, from *svarъ (trouble, quarrel) +‎ *-ogъ with literal meaning “the fire arguer” (Polish ogień-kłótnik).[4] However, in Slavic languages such a derivation is not attested.

In the past, the stem *svar- was thought to be borrowing from Indo-Iranian word for sun, sky, cf. Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuarə), Classical Persian خور (xwar), but this etymology cannot be accepted for phonetic and geographical reasons. It is also unclear why the Slavs would borrow the word for sun from the Indo-Iranians, which had no religious connotations, although they did not borrow the word for sun from other, neighboring peoples.

Proper noun

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*Sъvarògъ m[1]

  1. Svarog

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Michał Łuczyński (2020) “2.1.2 Srus. Svarogъ”, in Bogowie dawnych Słowian. Studium onomastyczne, Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, →ISBN, page 99
  2. ^ Сороколетов, Ф. П., editor (2002), “Сва́рог”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 36, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 214
  3. ^ Mykola Ivanovych Zubov (2005) Слов'янські повчання проти язичництва в лінгвотекстологічному висвітленні[1] (in Ukrainian), Odessa: Общество любителей российской словесности, page 342
  4. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “swar”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Сваро́г”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “Сваро́г”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 186
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “Сваро́г”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 534