Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trěska

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.

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For the meaning "cod" compare Polish wątłusz (cod) (< wątły (frail)), Slovene polénovka (< poléno (log)), German Stockfisch (stockfish) (< Stock (stick)). Less likely, cognate with Proto-Germanic *þurskaz (< *ters- (to dry; wither; thirst)).

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*trěska f

  1. sliver, chip, splinter
  2. cod (the fish) (East Slavic and Slovene only)

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