свиньꙗ

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svinьjà, ultimately from *svinъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swīˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-iHnos, from *suH- (“pig, hog, swine”). First attested in c. 1120‒1140. Cognate with Old East Slavic свиньꙗ (svinĭja), Old Ruthenian свинꙗ́ (svinjá), Old Church Slavonic свиниꙗ (svinija), Old Polish świnia.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: сви‧нь‧ꙗ

Noun

свиньꙗ • (svinĭja) f[1]

  1. pig, swine

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 795

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