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1300s

Russian words first recorded in the 14th century

4 Russian words whose earliest known written record dates from the 14th century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. как

    1330

    It is inherited from Old East Slavic како (kako), from Proto-Slavic *kako. Old Russian, like Old Church Slavonic како (kako), had the longer form, which translates Ancient Greek πῶς (pôs, “how”) and…

  2. палец

    1377

    It is inherited from Old East Slavic пальць (palĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *palьcь (“thumb, finger”). The word is formed from a Proto-Slavic *palъ with the suffix *-ьcь; the simple noun survives in…

  3. здесь

    1378

    It goes back to Old East Slavic сьдесе (sĭdese), recorded in the Hypatian Chronicle and a charter of 1378, formed from Old East Slavic сьде (sĭde, “here”) + се (se, “behold”): Vasmer and Tsyganenko…

  4. луб

    1400–1499

    It is inherited from Old East Slavic лубъ (lubŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lubъ (“bast”). Related forms are Ukrainian луб (lub), Belarusian луб (lub), Bulgarian луб (lub), Serbo-Croatian луб (lub)…

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