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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slovo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (fame).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian šlovė̃ (fame, respect, honor) and Latvian slava (fame, reputation, rumor), slave (fame, reputation, rumor).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, fame), Sanskrit श्रवस् (śrávas, fame, honor) and Old Irish clú (fame).

Noun

*slȍvo n [1][2]

  1. word

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slȍvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
  2. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 7: “*slȍvo”
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