Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence
With Proto-Slavic and other Proto-Indo-European homelands close to each other and on the routes of domestication of the first cultivated grain legumes, now known as pulses, one may assume that the ancestors of the modern Slavic nations knew field beans, peas or lentils quite well. The main goal of t...
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| description | With Proto-Slavic and other Proto-Indo-European homelands close to each other and on the routes of domestication of the first cultivated grain legumes, now known as pulses, one may assume that the ancestors of the modern Slavic nations knew field beans, peas or lentils quite well. The main goal of this short note was to examine the origin and the diversity of the words denoting field bean, pea and lentil in most of the modern Slavic languages. The common ancestor of all modern Slavic words denoting field bean is the Proto-Slavic *bobŭ, derived from the Proto-Indo-European *bhabh-, bhabhā, also denoting field bean and meaning literally something swelling. The Proto-Slavic root *gorhŭ, denoting pea, is the origin of the words denoting pea in all the Slavic languages and was derived from the Proto-Indo-European *ghArs-, ghers-2, that denoted a leguminous plant in general. The words denoting lentil in the modern Slavic languages form two etymologically distinct groups. The first one owes the origin to the Proto-Slavic *lętjā, also denoting lentil and deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *lent-, *lent-s-, with the same meaning. Another group has its origin in the Proto-Slavic *sočevicа, somehow related to the Proto-Slavic *sòkŭ, denoting juice. This short thesaurus is a testimony of the significant role the most ancient Eurasian grain legumes, such as field bean, pea and lentil, have been playing in the everyday life of the modern Slavic nations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0a6b12f1582413e9719d04a0c5b275f2023-02-23T03:30:25ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesCzech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding1212-19751805-93252014-06-01502656810.17221/212/2013-CJGPBcjg-201402-0004Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidenceAleksandar MIKIĆ0Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, SerbiaWith Proto-Slavic and other Proto-Indo-European homelands close to each other and on the routes of domestication of the first cultivated grain legumes, now known as pulses, one may assume that the ancestors of the modern Slavic nations knew field beans, peas or lentils quite well. The main goal of this short note was to examine the origin and the diversity of the words denoting field bean, pea and lentil in most of the modern Slavic languages. The common ancestor of all modern Slavic words denoting field bean is the Proto-Slavic *bobŭ, derived from the Proto-Indo-European *bhabh-, bhabhā, also denoting field bean and meaning literally something swelling. The Proto-Slavic root *gorhŭ, denoting pea, is the origin of the words denoting pea in all the Slavic languages and was derived from the Proto-Indo-European *ghArs-, ghers-2, that denoted a leguminous plant in general. The words denoting lentil in the modern Slavic languages form two etymologically distinct groups. The first one owes the origin to the Proto-Slavic *lętjā, also denoting lentil and deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *lent-, *lent-s-, with the same meaning. Another group has its origin in the Proto-Slavic *sočevicа, somehow related to the Proto-Slavic *sòkŭ, denoting juice. This short thesaurus is a testimony of the significant role the most ancient Eurasian grain legumes, such as field bean, pea and lentil, have been playing in the everyday life of the modern Slavic nations.https://cjgpb.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjg-201402-0004_grain-legume-crop-history-among-slavic-nations-traced-using-linguistic-evidence.phpagricultural historyetymologyfield beanlentillexicologypeaslavic languages |
| spellingShingle | Aleksandar MIKIĆ Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding agricultural history etymology field bean lentil lexicology pea slavic languages |
| title | Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence |
| title_full | Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence |
| title_fullStr | Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence |
| title_short | Grain legume crop history among Slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence |
| title_sort | grain legume crop history among slavic nations traced using linguistic evidence |
| topic | agricultural history etymology field bean lentil lexicology pea slavic languages |
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