Slavic *ryba “fish” in the Context of Indo-European Ichthyonymy

• Authors: BLAŽEK Václav
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Indo-European Studies
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts
• Web: Webová stránka časopisu
• Keywords: Germanic; Slavic; Baltic; Zoonym; etymology; semantic typology
• Description: This contribution summarizes all published etymological attempts to explain the Common Slavic word *ryba “fish”. A critical examination in the light of semantic parallels favors two proposed etymological solutions which confirm the comparison with West Germanic *rubo “caterpillar; burbot, eelpout”.

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