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Where does “śwentas” come from?

śwentas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱwen- — holy, sacred.

śwentas (Proto-Balto-Slavic): holy, sacred

Definitions

  1. holy, sacred

Ancestry of “śwentas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwen-holy, sacred

Words derived from “śwentas”

  • святой
  • święty
  • Święty
  • свет
  • svet
  • svatozář
  • svatokupectví
  • svatý
  • sfințenie
  • asfințit
  • asfinți
  • sfânt
  • sfinți
  • Sfânta Treime
  • sfântă
  • svętъ
  • svätý
  • svätyňa
  • svet
  • свѧтъ
  • свѧтость
  • swěty
  • swětki
  • swětk
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