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Slavic.

Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˈslɑːvɪk//ˈslævɪk//ˈslɑːvɪk/British, Southern, Standard/ˈslavɪk/British, Southern, Standard

  1. Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey.

noun/ˈslɑːvɪk//ˈslævɪk//ˈslɑːvɪk/British, Southern, Standard/ˈslavɪk/British, Southern, Standard

  1. Any of various languages spoken by the Slavic peoples, such as Proto-Slavic, Common Slavic, Old Church Slavic, or the modern Slavic languages.

    uncountable
    It is a commonly known fact that formal marks of perfective aspect in Slavic are prefixes.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey.

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