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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ʒʲɛr̝avjɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ʒʲɛr̝avjɛ/

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żerzawie n

  1. Misunderstanding of Latin pruīna (rime, hoarfrost) for Latin prūna (embers, glowing coals).
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[1], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 77, 52:
      Pobil w gradze winnicze gich y mori gich w szerzawu (occidit... moros eorum in pruina)
      [Pobił w gradzie winnice jich i mory jich w *żerzawiu (occidit... moros eorum in pruina)]

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  • Polish: zarzewie

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