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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 Early Proto-Slavic *ígrā˙[1], 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[2][3]

  1. play, game

Inflection

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Alternative forms
  • *jьgrь

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “игра”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьgra”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 208

References
  1. Klotz, Emanuel (2017) Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 67
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьgra; *jьgrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 209: “f. ā; m. o (b) ‘play, game’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьgra jьgry”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spil (PR 135)”
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