Slav的词源

英文词源

Slav (n.)

late 14c., Sclave, from Medieval Latin Sclavus (c.800), from Byzantine Greek Sklabos (c.580), from Old Church Slavonic Sloveninu "a Slav," probably related to slovo "word, speech," which suggests the name originally identified a member of a speech community (compare Old Church Slavonic Nemici "Germans," related to nemu "dumb;" and Old English þeode, which meant both "race" and "language").

Identical with the -slav in personal names (such as Russian Miroslav, literally "peaceful fame;" Mstislav "vengeful fame;" Jaroslav "famed for fury;" Czech Bohuslav "God's glory;" and see Wenceslas). Spelled Slave c. 1788-1866, influenced by French and German Slave. As an adjective from 1876.

中文词源

Slav：斯拉夫人

来自拉丁语 Sclavus,来自希腊语 Sklabos,来自古斯拉夫语 Sloveninu,斯拉夫人，通常认为来自 Proto-Slavic*slovo,字，词，说话。字面意思即能说话的民族。比较 barbarian,野蛮人，来自 希腊语 barbaros,外国人，陌生人，字面意思即含混不清说话的人，模仿巴拉巴拉说话的声音。

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