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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pojasъ

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 *po- + *jasъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *yōˀs-, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s-. Cognate with Lithuanian júosta (girdle), Latvian jôsta (girdle), Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, girdle), Ancient Greek ζωστός (zōstós, girdled), Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬵- (yāh-, girdle), 𐬫𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬀 (yāsta, girdled), Albanian gjesh (to gird).

Noun

*pȍjāsъ m[1]

  1. girdle

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *pojasati (to gird)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: поꙗсъ (pojasŭ), поꙗсьница (pojasĭnica)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pȍjāsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409: “m. o (c) ‘girdle’”
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