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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/podъbělъ

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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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*podъbělъ

Etymology

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*podъ- (under-) +‎ *bělъ (white), so called because the flipside of the leaves of Tussilago farfara contrasts starkly into white. For the same reason the butterbur or coltsfoot (Petasites spp.) bears the name in Russian, as well as бѣлокопы́тникъ (bělokopýtnik).

Noun

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*podъbělъ m

  1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
    Synonym: *kopytъnikъ

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Pott, August Friedrich (1870) Beiträge zur vergleichenden Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der arischen, celtischen und slawischen Sprachen (in German), volume 6, Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, Harrwitz und Goßmann, pages 339–340