Slavic *ryba “fish” in the Context of Indo-European Ichthyonymy

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Authors	BLAŽEK Václav
Year of publication	2021
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Indo-European Studies
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
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Keywords	Germanic; Slavic; Baltic; Zoonym; etymology; semantic typology
Description	This contribution summarizes all published etymological attempts to explain the Common Slavic word ryba “fish”. A critical examination in the light of semantic parallels favors two proposed etymological solutions which confirm the comparison with West Germanic rubo “caterpillar; burbot, eelpout”.
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