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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojevъ

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

Formed as *bojь (fight) + *-evъ, from *bʰeyh₂- (to strike, hew).

Adjective

*bojevъ

  1. militant, combatant

Inflection

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: боево́й (bojevój)
    • Ukrainian: бойовий (bojovyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bojоvý
    • Polish: bojowy

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojevъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 166
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