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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
- lead (metal)
Synonyms
Declension
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
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.