Words that come from Proto-Balto-Slavic “śwaitas”

62 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Balto-Slavic śwaitas — including Svetlana, svet, свет, свет, svetel, świat, sviecě, svíce.

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Czech (12)

Serbo-Croatian (8)

Russian (6)

Polish (5)

Old Church Slavonic (5)

Slovene (3)

Old East Slavic (3)

Proto-Slavic (3)

Upper Sorbian (3)

Macedonian (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Lower Sorbian (2)

English (1)

Slovak (1)

Old Czech (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Latvian (1)

Volapük (1)

Belarusian (1)

Old Polish (1)