Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źū́ˀs

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (fish).[1] The root was replaced by *rỳba (fish) in Slavic.

Noun

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*źū́ˀs f

  1. fish

Descendants

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  • Lithuanian: žuvìs
  • Latvian: zivs
  • Latgalian: zivs
  • Old Prussian: suckis

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523