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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sova

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

Etymology

Probably ultimately of imitative origin. While formally similar to Proto-Germanic *hūwô (“owl”), Proto-Celtic *kawannos (“owl”), Lithuanian nakti-kova (“night heron”), regular derivation of these words from a common root appears to be phonologically impossible.

Noun

*sovà f[1][2][3]

  1. owl

Declension

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сова́ (sová)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сова”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A.; Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сова¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 268

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sova”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 461: “f. ā (b) 'owl'”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “sova sovy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b ugle (PR 135)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “sóva”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sova̋”
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