Slavonic
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒnɪk
- Hyphenation: Sla‧vo‧nic, Sla‧von‧ic
Proper noun
[edit]Slavonic
- (dated) A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches:
- South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)
- East Slavonic (including Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
- West Slavonic (including Polish, Czech, Slovak, etc.)
- (dated) The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Synonyms
[edit]- (a branch of Indo-European languages):
- (hypothesized mother tongue of Slavic languages):
- Proto-Slavic
- Old Slavonic
- Common Slavic, Common Slavonic (proscribed)
Translations
[edit]unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages
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Further reading
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Slavonic (not comparable)
- Of, denoting, or relating to the people who speak these languages.
- Synonym: Slavic
- Of, denoting, or relating to Slavonia and its inhabitants.
- Synonym: Slavic
Translations
[edit]Slavic — see Slavic