Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/privětъ

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

From *privětiti +‎ *-ъ, from *pri + *větъ + *-iti.

Interjection

*privě̀tъ

1. hello

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: привѣ́тъ (privě́tŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: привѣ́тъ (privě́t)
      • Belarusian: прыве́т (pryvjét)
      • Ukrainian: приві́т (pryvít)
        • → Pannonian Rusyn: привит (privit)
    • Russian: приве́т (privét)
      • → Armenian: պրիվետ (privet)
      • → English: privet
      • → Georgian: პრივეტ (ṗriveṭ) (slang)
      • → Yakut: пирибиэт (piribiet)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: привѣтъ (privětŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⰺⰲⱑⱅⱏ (privětŭ)

  • Bulgarian: приве́т (privét)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: přívět (obsolete)
  • Slovak: prívet (obsolete)

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “приві́т”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 569
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2005), “прыве́т”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 10 (пра́сніца – пяя́ць), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “приве́т”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 701
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “приве́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress