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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žeravъ

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (to warm, to burn) + *-avъ.

Adjective

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*žera̋vъ[1][2]

  1. burning, scorching
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жеравъ (žeravŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žeravъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558:adj. o ‘burning, scorching’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žerjȃvica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *žera̋vъ

Etymology 2

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From an earlier *ger(a)vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀ(ō)was, from *gerh₂- (crane). Cognate with Latvian dzērve and Lithuanian gérvė.

Noun

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*žeravъ m[1][2]

  1. crane (bird)
Inflection
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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Further reading
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  • Kortlandt, F. (1985) “Long vowels in Balto-Slavic”, in Baltistica[1], volume XXI, number 2, →DOI, page 120
  • Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 90-91

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žeravь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558:m. jo ‘crane’
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172:*žeravь m. jo 'crane'