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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sverěpъ

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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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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology 1

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From earlier *(e)svorěpъ, from *esva (horse) +‎ *rěpъ (bur, burdock). For the loss of the initial vowel, cf. Old Prussian sweikis (plowhorse) (from *asveikīs); according Machek it was assimilated under influence of -ě-. Such etymology is supported by the dialectal Czech equivalent koňský řepíček "horse's Agrimonium", Romanian borrowings from Church Slavonic: sireáp and svireáp (rampant (on a horse)) and Czech and Old Polish descendants meaning "stallion", "mare"[1].

According to Brückner: from *svarъ + *-ěpъ[2].

Noun

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*sverěpъ m[1]

  1. burdock
  2. (by extension) wild plants
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Blažek, Václav (2009) “Kam ta slova zmizela? O chybějících slovanských kontinuantech indoevropských etymonů”, in Ilona Janyšková, Helena Karlíková, editors, Studia etymologica Brunensia[1] (in Czech), volume 6, Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, pages 38-39
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “świerzepa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Etymology 2

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Unclear:

The origin of the elusive suffix *-ěpъ in the last three proposals is uncertain. Found also in dialectal terms such as *kъrlěpъ (sticky) (> dial. Serbo-Croatian крлијеп, stand. крпељ (tick) (via metathesis)), *skorěpъ (hollow) (> Czech skоřера (husk)).

Vasmer, Brückner, Jagić, Blažek discuss the adjective alongside the noun, (presumably) implying kinship between the two.

Adjective

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*sverěpъ[1]

  1. fierce, vicious
  2. wild, savage
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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свире́пый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свиреп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 553
  • šiurpti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “srep”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *svȇrpъ, *sverě̋pъ