Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/květъ
Ukrainian k-[edit]
A citation for the Polish origin of k- in Ukrainian квіт- (as opposed to c-/ц-) is needed. George Shevelov in his "A Historical Phonology of the Ukrainian Language" (paragraph 3.2) doubts a possible West Slavic influence in this "exception". Middle Ukrainian sources (16-18 century in this case) mention both roots квіт- and цвіт-, however, the distribution of the first one with k- is more common in southern and eastern sources, not western, closer to West Slavic languages. The same distribution is seen today in modern Ukrainian dialects, where both forms coexist somewhat sporadically throughout dialects, however, the one with k- is more common in north-western dialects, and the one with c- (ц-) in south-western dialects. By the words of George Shevelov, though it is possible that the form with k- might have been brought in some dialects from Polish or Slovak, there is no reason to think that every instance of this word is the result of Western Slavic influence. Especially considering the geographical distribution of k- : с-. Ukrenko (talk) 18:18, 28 May 2023 (UTC)