Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/źū́ˀs

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Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”).[1] The root was replaced by *rỳba (“fish”) in Slavic.

Noun

*źū́ˀs f

  1. fish

Descendants

  • Latvian: zivs
  • Latgalian: zivs
  • Lithuanian: žuvìs
  • Samogitian: žovės
  • Old Prussian: suckis

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žuvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
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