Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Slovǫta

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

*Slovǫta

Etymology

From *slovǫta (“the kind that flows”), from *slov-ǫ (1sg.) +‎ *-ǫt-a, from *sluti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleu- (“to flow”).

Native Slavic name of the Dnieper River, suppressed Scythian-Sarmatian by borrowing *Dъněprъ.

Proper noun

*Slovǫta f

1. Dnieper (a river in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)

   Synonym: *Dъněprъ

Derived terms

• *slověninъ (“Slav”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *Словѫта (*Slovǫta)
    • → Old Ruthenian: Славута (Slavuta) (learned) (poetic; 17ᵗʰ cent.)
      • → Ukrainian: Славу́та (Slavúta) (learned) (poetic)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: Словѫтичь m (Slovǫtičĭ) (The Tale of Igor's Campaign)
      • → Ukrainian: Славу́тич (Slavútyč) (learned)
      • → Russian: Славу́тич (Slavútič) (learned)

Further reading

• Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Дніпро́”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 185
• Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпръ”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55