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• Title:
  ON THE ETYMOLOGY OF PSL *SLEP-/SLĚP
• Creator:
  WORNAR, EDWARD
• Description:
  This article explains the hitherto unexplained variation of the root *slep/slěp- ‘blind’ which results from an old opposition of the causative (lengthened grade) vs. regular root (regular grade). This indicates a connection with the Lithuanian silpnas as a zero-grade root for the Slavic word which previously had no convincing parallels in other languages. Semantically, a connection with words meaning ‘sticky’ (as postulated by Šewc 1978 and others) should be rejected: they are neither phonetically nor semantically convincing. The preference is for the interpretation of blindness as a special kind of weakness.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 EDWARD WORNAR
• Date:
  2020.06.15
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Slavia Occidentalis; Nr 77/1 (2020); 155-158;
  0081-0002
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/so/article/view/31081/27490
• Subject:
  etymology;
  Sorbian
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/so/article/view/31081
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  text