Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěsa
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Etymology edit
From early *ēdsā, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀdsāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-s-eh₂, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *ēsą (“food, carrion”) < *h₁ed-s-om, Tocharian B: yetse (“skin”) < *h₁ed-s-os. Compare Lithuanian ė̃desis (“feed”) < *h₁ed-es-.
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References edit
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ě(d)sa/*ě(d)sъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1991), “ěsa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 6 (e! – ěždžь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 139