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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьgra

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ígrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ig-réh₂, from *h₂eyg- (to stir, set in motion). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís).

Noun

*jьgrà f[1][2]

  1. play, game

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *jьgrь

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: игра (igra)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьgra; *jьgrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209: “f. ā; m. o (b) ‘play, game’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), jьgra jьgry”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b spil (PR 135)”
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