Publication details
Scytho-Slavica: Slaw. *šir7 und *širok7
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Indogermanische Forschungen |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | Slavic; Iranian; Scythian; Sarmatian; borrowing |
| Description | A purpose of the article is a new etymology of the Slavic adj. *šir7 & *širok7 "wide, broad", which follows after the analysis of word formation and detailed discussion of the traditional etymology. Arguments supporting the new solution, identifying in *šir7 a Middle Iranian source of the type *(k)šíra- "(broad) country", are supplemented by semantic parallels and related to the historical-geographical context mediated by the ancient and medieval authors. |
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