Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/veprь

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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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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *weprias. Cognate with Latvian vepris (castrated boar), Latin aper (wild boar), Proto-Germanic *eburaz (boar). Possibly Northern Indo-European substrate word.

Noun

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*veprь m

  1. boar, wild boar

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*veprь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вепрь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress