Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svinьja

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 edit

Etymology edit

Probably from early *svīnī f, from an adjectival form *svinъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swīˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-iHnos, from *suH- (pig, hog, swine) + *-iHnos.

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian swintian. Further cognates with Latvian sivēns, Latin suīnus (swine; porcine), Proto-Germanic *swīną (pig, swine) (from which comes Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 (swein), Old High German swīn, English swine, Old Norse svín).

Noun edit

*svinьjà f[1]

  1. pig, swine

Declension edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свинья́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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    Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “свіння́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “свиня́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 191

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svinьjà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 477:f. iā (c) ‘pig, swine’