Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvěti

Etymology
Proposed etymologies:
 * From or  (in 0-grade) +, akin to 🇨🇬. Initial *x- in this case due to PIE *kh-. Discarded as unconvincing by Trubachev (ESSJa).
 * From, akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (further related to 🇨🇬). Initial *xv- in this case from an earlier *sv-.
 * Possibly of expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Compare 🇨🇬 →.

Verb

 * 1) to shake, to tremble
 * 2)  (+ ) to oscillate, to wobble (for inanimate objects); to hesitate (for people)

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