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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svojь

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

PIE word
*swé

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *swajas, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos from *swé. Cognate with Old Prussian swais, Lithuanian savas, Latvian savs, Latgalian sovs, Latin suus, German sein, Old Norse sik (“oneself”), Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 (swēs, “one's own”), Sanskrit स्व (sva, “one's own”).

Determiner

*svojь

  1. one's own (his, her, its, their own)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *svobь
  • *svojakъ (“relative, cousin”)
  • *svojatъ (“intrinsic to oneself”)
  • *svojьtьba (“family, kin, relatives”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: свой (svoj)
    • Russian: свой (svoj)
    • Ukrainian: свій (svij)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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