The origin of the Eastern Slavs ethnonyms

Valery P. Dmitriyev

July 1, 2011

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Key words: ethnonyms, East Slavs, etymology

Происхождение этнонимов восточных славян



Ключевые слова: этнонимы, восточные славяне, этимология
Древляне, дреговичи
сканд., англ. draw, drag “тащить, волочить; вырывать, выдергивать”
Славянские племена, которые привлекались готами для раскорчевки леса на Украйне при создании заградительной полосы от набегов кочевников.
Тиверцы
англ. tearv "pull apart," O.E. teran (class IV strong verb; past tense t?r, pp. toren), from P.Gmc. *teran (cf. O.S. terian, M.Du. teren "to consume," O.H.G. zeran "to destroy," Ger. zehren, Goth. ga-tairan "to tear, destroy"), from PIE *der- "tear".
англ. tow (over)
"pull with a rope," O.E. togian "to drag, pull," from P.Gmc. *tugojanan (cf. O.E. teon "to draw," O.Fris. togia "to pull about," O.N. toga, O.H.G. zogon, Ger. ziehen "to draw, pull, drag"), from PIE base *deuk- "to pull, draw".
Радимичи
лат. radix «корень»; eradico «вырывать с корнем».
Уличи < выдалбливать, а возможно, расчищать
англ. hole
O.E. hol "orifice, hollow place, cave, performation," from P.Gmc. *hul (cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G. hol, M.Du. hool, O.N. holr, Ger. hohl "hollow," Goth. us-hulon "to hollow out"), from PIE base *kel- (see cell).
Дулебы
англ. delve «копать, рыть»
O.E. delfan "to dig" (class III strong verb; past tense dealf, pp. dolfen), common W.Gmc. verb (cf. O.S. delban, Du. delven, M.H.G. telben "to dig"), from PIE base *dhelbh- (cf. Lith. delba "crowbar," Rus. dolbit', Czech dlabati, Pol. dlubac "to chisel;" Rus. doloto, Czech dlato, Pol. dlolo "chisel").
Волыняне < волочить
Северяне
англ. sever
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. severer, from O.Fr. sevrer "to separate," from V.L. *seperare, from L. separare "separate" (see separate).
англ. separate
late 14c., from L. separatus, pp. of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare). Sever (q.v.) is a doublet, via French. The adj. meaning "detached, kept apart".
Поляне
англ. pull
O.E. pullian "to pluck or draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low Ger. pulen "remove the shell or husk".
Словене
англ. slow
O.E. slaw "inactive, sluggish," also "not clever," from P.Gmc. *sl?waz (cf. O.S. sleu "blunt, dull," M.Du. slee, Du. sleeuw "sour, tart, blunt," O.H.G. sleo "blunt, dull," O.N. sljor, Dan. slov, Swed. slo "blunt, dull").
Кривичи < «рубить лес, колоть дрова»
англ. crevice
mid-14c., from O.Fr. crevace (12c., Mod.Fr. crevasse) "gap, rift, crack" (also, vulgarly, "the female pudenda"), from V.L. *crepacia, from L. crepare "to crack, creak;" meaning shifted from the sound of breaking to the resulting fissure.
Вятичи < сканд. ved “дрова”
англ. wood
O.E. wudu, earlier widu "tree, trees collectively, the substance of which trees are made," from P.Gmc. *widuz (cf. O.N. vi?r, Dan., Swed. ved "tree, wood," O.H.G. witu "wood"), perhaps from PIE *widhu- "tree, wood".
Русские
швед. rycka «тянуть, тащить»
соплеменники, использовавшиеся для перетаскивания судов волоком на пути из Варяг в Греки

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