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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/esva

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

Etymology

Indirectly attested in *sverěpъ (“horse’s burdock”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *éśwāˀ (“mare”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.[1] Displaced by *koňь m, *komoňь m; *kobyla f.

Noun

*esva f[1]

  1. horse

Derived terms

References
  1. Blažek, Václav (2009) “Kam ta slova zmizela? O chybějících slovanských kontinuantech indoevropských etymonů”, in Ilona Janyšková, Helena Karlíková, editors, Studia etymologica Brunensia‎ (in Czech), volume 6, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, pages 38-39
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