Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svinьcь

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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.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *svinъ +‎ *-ьcь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwīnas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwi-no- (light-colored metal) or *ḱwī-no-.

Cognate with Lithuanian švìnas and Latvian svins.

Noun

*svinьcь m

  1. lead (metal)

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References

  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olovo/ь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 76
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свинец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • свинец // Новое в русской этимологии / ИРЯ им. В. В. Виноградова РАН. — М., 2002. — С. 203—205. — →ISBN.