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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pojasъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 ngjesh (to gird).

Noun

*pȍjāsъ m [1]

  1. girdle

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *pojasati (to gird)

Descendants

  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), по́яс”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), по́яс”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 64

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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