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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žukъ

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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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Ultimately onomatopoeic.

Noun

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*žukъ m

  1. beetle (insect)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жукъ (žukŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: жоуке (žuke)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress