Sravasti Nair
Dec 24, 2022

Origin of the word slavic as per Wikipedia (citations not included):

The Slavic autonym *Slověninъ is usually considered a derivation from Proto-Slavic adjective svobъ ("oneself", "one's own"; derivative svoboda > sloboda also "freedom", "free settlement"), which derives from Indo-European *s(w)e/obh(o)- "a person or thing apart, separate", root *swobh "his/hers", meaning "all the members of an exogamic moiety > actual or potential affines/blood relatives”. It can be interpreted as "a tribe of the free, of their own people”. The word slovo ("word") and the related slava ("glory, fame, praise") and slukh ("hearing") originate from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew- ("be spoken of, glory"), cognate with Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos "fame"), whence comes the name Pericles, Latin clueo ("be called”).

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Sravasti Nair
Sravasti Nair

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Relentless reader, sporadic writer, passionate about technology, literature and history as means to build a more compassionate world.

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