Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/živica

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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃w- (to live).

Indo-European cognates include Old Irish (pitch), Old Armenian կիւ (kiw, tree pitch, mastic, chewing gum).

Noun edit

*živìca f

  1. galipot

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 563
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “живица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress