Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sliva

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sliˀwā́ˀ, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (bluish), from which also Proto-Germanic *slaihwǭ (sloe).

Noun

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*slìva f

  1. plum
  2. plum tree

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сли́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress