Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svinьcь

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 *svinъ +‎ *-ьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwīnas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwi-no- (“light-colored metal”) or *ḱwī-no-.

Cognate with Lithuanian švìnas and Latvian svins.

Noun

*svinьcь m

1. lead (metal)

Synonyms

• *olovo

Declension

Declension of *svinьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svinьcь	*svinьca	*svinьci
genitive	*svinьca	*svinьcu	*svinьcь
dative	*svinьcu	*svinьcema	*svinьcemъ
accusative	*svinьcь	*svinьca	*svinьcę̇
instrumental	*svinьcьmь, *svinьcemь*	*svinьcema	*svinьci
locative	*svinьci	*svinьcu	*svinьcixъ
vocative	*svinьče	*svinьca	*svinьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свиньць (svinĭcĭ)
    • Belarusian: свіне́ц (svinjéc)
    • Russian: свине́ц (svinéc), свине́цъ (svinéc) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Kildin Sami: выӊӊҍц (vyn̥n̥’c)
      • → Yakut: сибиниэс (sibinies)
    • Ukrainian: свине́ць (svynécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свиньць (svinĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

  • Slovene: svínəc (tonal orthography)

References

• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olovo/ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 76
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свинец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• свинец // Новое в русской этимологии / ИРЯ им. В. В. Виноградова РАН. — М., 2002. — С. 203—205. — →ISBN.