Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Dъněprъ
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Scythian/Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *Dānu Apara (“Far River”) or *Dānapr (“Deep River”). The former derivation would pair it with the Dniester (“Near River”), while the latter would refer to its lack of fords.
Proper noun
[edit]*Dъněprъ m
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: Dniepr
- Non-Slavic:
- → Ancient Greek: Δάναπρις (Dánapris) (6ᵗʰ cent.)
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъněprъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
- Anikin, A. E. (2020) “Днепр”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 80
- Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпрь”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Днепр”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms borrowed from Scythian languages
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Scythian languages
- Proto-Slavic terms borrowed from Old Ossetic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Old Ossetic
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic proper nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine nouns
- sla-pro:Rivers in Russia
- sla-pro:Rivers in Belarus
- sla-pro:Rivers in Ukraine
- sla-pro:Places in Russia
- sla-pro:Places in Belarus
- sla-pro:Places in Ukraine