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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/milovati

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

From *milъ + *-ovati.

Verb

*milovati[1]

  1. to caress, to fondle
  2. to show mercy to

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*milovati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “ми́ловать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 621
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