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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)čertъ

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 *o(b)- + *čertъ, from *čerti (to cut, separate).

Noun

*o(b)čertъ m[1]

  1. reed
  2. swampy forest

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: очеретъ (očeretŭ)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*občertъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 137
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