Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/vidimъ

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Posssible second etymology 'rural'[edit]

There are various toponyms which are derived from this lemma, possibly of Pre-Slavic origin:

Examples:

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: Ви́дима (Vídima)[1] (river in Cental Bulgaria)
  • West Slavic:

According to BER, they are either identical to *vidimъ (“visible”) (via semantic drift) or borrowed. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ- (“wooded”). Безименен (talk) 08:21, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “Видима”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 143
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