Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/vidimъ
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Bezimenen in topic Posssible second etymology 'rural'
Posssible second etymology 'rural'
editThere are various toponyms which are derived from this lemma, possibly of Pre-Slavic origin:
Examples:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
According to BER, they are either identical to *vidimъ (“visible”) (via semantic drift) or borrowed. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ- (“wooded”). Безименен (talk) 08:21, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “Видима”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 143