from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-Iranian *ćúšnas (> Sanskrit शुष्ण (śúṣṇa)). *<span class="searchmatch">smokъ</span> m snake, colubrid? dragon, serpent? * -ъmь in North <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>, -omь in South <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>. *zmьjь...
Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">smokъ</span> (“dragon”), which may be a borrowing from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Iranian *cúšnakah. *ćúšnas m (mythology) dragon, serpent <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-Aryan:...