Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavęzь

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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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*gavęzь

Altnernative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Literally, ox's tongue. Univerbation of Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (cattle) +‎ *ęzy (tongue) +‎ *-ь. In Slavic first term is attested in derivative *govędo (cattle). The plant's name refers to the shape of the leaves. Compare Serbo-Croatian во̏лови јѐзикvȍlovi jèzik, Ukrainian воло́вий язи́к (volóvyj jazýk) from *volovъ < *volъ (ox).

Similar term exist in Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson), which was calqued into Persian گاوزبان (gâv-zabân) and later into Arabic لِسَان الثَوْر (lisān aṯ-ṯawr).

Noun

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*gàvęzь m[1][2]

  1. comfrey (any plant of the genus Symphytum officinale)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gavęzъ / gavęzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 111
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gȃbez”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

Further reading

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  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1995), “gavęzъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 7 (ga – gobьdzь), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 71
  • Bezlaj, France (1976) “gȃvez”, in Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Slovenian Language] (in Slovene), volumes 1 (A – J), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, page 141
  • Machek, Václav (1968) “havez”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 163
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гавяз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “га́в'яз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “gavēs”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 555