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The loss of *g befor e *m in Proto-Slavic [PDF]
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2010 This paper proposes a new sound rule for Proto-Slavic, according to which *g (from PIE *g, *gw, *gh, and *gwh) was lost before *m. This development was posterior to Winter’s law and the merger of voiced and aspirated stop in Slavic.
Ranko Matasović
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On Proto-Slavic Oath Formulas [PDF]
Slovene, 2012 This paper deals with Slavic oath formulas containing the phrases ‘stand firm’ and ‘hold firm’, found mostly in peace treaties. The analysis carried out on the rich corpus of Old Serbian charters written in the vernacular and followed by a comparison ...
Jasmina Grković-Major
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Notes on three Proto-Slavic borrowings
Vilnius University Open Series, 2021 The Proto-Slavic etyma *dъska, *misa, and *bļudo (*bļudъ), which are semantically related, are generally regarded as borrowings, but there is no consensus on the exact origins of these nouns. Following surveys of the Old Church Slavic and Gothic evidence
Rick Derksen
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Germanic Loanwords in Proto-Slavic [PDF]
Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, 2014 Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff: The Germanic Loanwords in Proto-Slavic. (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 20.) Amsterdam –New York: Editions Rodopi B. V. 2013.
Kallio, Petri
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Are There Traces of a Finno-Ugric Substratum in Proto-Slavic?
Slavistična Revija, 2020 The author discusses the problem of possible Uralic borrowings in Proto-Slavic, hypothesizing that the Proto-Slavs in their homeland (presumably located in Eastern Europe) were neighbours of some unknown Finno-Ugric tribes.
Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak
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Are there Proto-Slavic loanwords in Saami? [PDF]
Finnisch-Ugrische ForschungenThere are two nouns in Saami languages for which Proto-Slavic loan etymologies have been proposed: Proto-Saami *multtē ‘soap’ and *kuompe̮r ‘mushroom’, allegedly borrowed from Proto-Slavic *mỳdlo ‘soap’ and *gǫba ‘mushroom, fungus’. Both etymologies are
Aikio, Ante
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Proto-Indo-European *sk- in Slavic
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2011 This paper offers an extensive analysis of the reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European word-initial cluster *sk- in Proto-Slavic. It is argued that the regular reflex of this cluster is the Proto-Slavic *x-, but that *sk- was analogously re-introduced in a ...
Ranko Matasović
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The Proto-Slavic Name for the Gingiva: Difficulties of Reconstruction
Славянский мир в третьем тысячелетииAlthough in most Slavic languages gum is denoted by the descendants of a single Proto-Slavic word, the details of the reconstruction of this word remain a matter of debate, and a number of contradictory hypotheses can be found in the scientific ...
Mikhail N. Saenko
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The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2010 The article discusses the etymology of the Proto-Slavic word *jarьmъ, *jarьmo, which denotes a yoke that yokes two oxen. It is argued that this word reflects the original plural to the word for ‘arm, shoulder’ in Balto-Slavic.
Tijmen Pronk
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The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity (from Proto-Slavic to Modem Slavic Languages) [PDF]
Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, 2007 This paper discusses the development of the old length (quantity) in Slavic languages. The retainment or the shortening of the old length is thoroughly discussed in all conditions – under stress (acute, circumflex, neoacute) considering the number of the syllables in a word, and in pretonic or posttonic position considering the number of the syllables ...
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