svai̯ną

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See also: svaiņa and svaińă

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svȋnę. By surface analysis, svai̯ńă +‎ .

Pronunciation

Noun

svai̯ną n

  1. pig, hog
    tau̯cnă svai̯nąfatted pig
    dai̯vă svai̯nąwild pig
    • (Can we date this quote?), Anonymous glossary, quoted in Collectanea Etymologica, Hanover: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, published 1717:
      schweinang
      [svai̯ną]
      pig
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adjective

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