Re: [tied] Re: Historical implications...

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> 2) which is the etymology of Slavic "sve~ntu" ?
> A good question. It seems to be an inherited Balto-Slavic word (cf.
> Lith. s^ventas) < *k^wento-), but its religious or magical semantics
> is so strikingly Iranian-like, that the cultural influence of the
> Iranian cognate *spanta- (Av. sp&nta-) is extremely probable.

that sounds prety interesting to me. Thank you.

>
> 3) when in South Slavic the group "*sUv-" became "zv-"?
> What examples do you have in mind?
>
> Piotr

I was thinking of " za zvarSi" but It seems this is just a dialectal
form of Bg. "zavIrSvam", "svIrSvam" and of Serbian "zavrIti se ".
I asked about since there are two Romanian words which shows a different
treatment:
sfârSit= end
sfârSi= to end

these should be loaned from Slavic sUvUrSiti

sãvârSi = to make, to accomplish, to achieve, to commit; to perform;
to do; to implement; from Slavic sUvUrSiti
desãvârSi = to perfect; to improve; to finish, to complete; this one is
pref. "des-" sãvârSi

So we have
sfârSi < sUvUrSiti
sãvârSi < sUvUrSiti

This is why I wondered.

Is the sUvUrSiti present in other Slavic dialects as South Slavic too ?

Alex