сомъ

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Old Ruthenian

сомъ

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *sòmъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śámas, further possible from Proto-Indo-European *ḱomos ~ *ḱamos or unknown origin. Compare Russian сом (som).

Noun

сомъ • (som) m animal (diminutive сомокъ)

  1. catfish, sheatfish

Descendants

  • Belarusian: сом (som)
  • Ukrainian: сом (som); сім (sim), сум (sum), сон (son) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сом¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 351
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