Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvětъ

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

Etymology

Derived from *větъ (“talk, agreement”).

Noun

*sъvětъ m

1. advice, counsel

Declension

Declension of *sъvětъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъvětъ	*sъvěta	*sъvěti
genitive	*sъvěta	*sъvětu	*sъvětъ
dative	*sъvětu	*sъvětoma	*sъvětomъ
accusative	*sъvětъ	*sъvěta	*sъvěty
instrumental	*sъvětъmь, *sъvětomь*	*sъvětoma	*sъvěty
locative	*sъvětě	*sъvětu	*sъvětěxъ
vocative	*sъvěte	*sъvěta	*sъvěti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)

    • → Old East Slavic: съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)
      • Belarusian: саве́т (savjét)
      • Russian: сове́т (sovét)
      • Ukrainian: сові́т (sovít)
  • Bulgarian: съве́т (sǎvét)
  • Macedonian: совет (sovet)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: са́вет, са́вјет

    Latin script: sávet, sávjet

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: sfat

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сове́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress