Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьca

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *ovь +‎ *-ьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Exact cognate of Sanskrit अविक (avika), suggesting Proto-Indo-European *h₂ów-i-keh₂.

Noun[edit]

*ovьcà f[1][2]

  1. sheep

Inflection[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 384
  2. ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovьca”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 202