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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žętva

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 *žęti (to reap, mow) + *-tva. Compare Sanskrit हन्त्व (hántva, to be killed or slain).

Noun

*žę̀tva f

  1. harvest

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: жѧтва (žętva)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: žatva (literary)
    • Slovak: žatva
    • Sorbian:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 561
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жатва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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