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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žegъzica

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

From *žegъza (cuckoo) + *-ica.

Noun

*žegъzica f[1][2]

  1. cuckoo

Declension

nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зегзица (zegzica), зогзица (zogzica)
      • Ukrainian: зигзи́ця (zyhzýcja); зегзи́ця (zehzýcja) (dialectal)
      • Russian: зегзи́ца (zegzíca)

References

  1. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982), зозу́ля”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 2 (Д – Ь), issue 12–22, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sci. & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., →LCCN, page 451
  2. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), зегзи́ца”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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