Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žužeľь

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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

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Of onomatopoeic origin, from *žužati (to hum) +‎ *-eľь.

Noun

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*žùžeľь m[1]

  1. humming insect (particularly cicada, chafer)

Alternative forms

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Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жужелица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жужел”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жужаль”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 242

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “žužẹ̑lka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:cslovan. žűželь