- Does the word Slav derive from slave? - Russia Beyond
“The Slavs, who inhabited a large part of Eastern Europe, were taken as slaves by the Muslims of Spain during the ninth century AD,” the BBC website asserts
- Slave - Etymology, origin of the word
On the other hand, there is a correlation reflected by the Latin term servis, interpreted as a ‘servant’, used by the upper class of ancient Rome, describing slaves as property giving up their rights and belonging to their respective master and lord
- Is it true that the root of the etymology of slavic comes from the . . .
There's no universal agreement on the exact etymology of the word 'slavic' and 'slavs', however, as usual with etymologia incognita, there's a number of valid theories
- Slave - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
The Slavic words for "slave" (Russian rab, Serbo-Croatian rob, Old Church Slavonic rabu) are from Old Slavic *orbu, from the PIE root *orbh- (also source of orphan (n )), the ground sense of which seems to be "thing that changes allegiance" (in the case of the slave, from self to master)
- Language Log » Slavs and slaves - University of Pennsylvania
The derivation of the word slave encapsulates a bit of European history and explains why the two words slave and Slav are so similar; they are, in fact, historically identical
- The etymology of Slav and slave is weirdly documented
So yeah, I don't think "Slav Slavic" has the same origin as "slave" The connection with " sclavus " seems to be made only in English as byway of the Middle-English word " esclave "
- The Etymology of Slave - JSTOR
Therefore, the words that sound like the word slave in Latin vs French, Occitan, and Italian are less a family of words than a similar word in dramatically different contexts
- History: An Excursion into the Origin of the Word Slave Among Europeans
Slav Why the word Slav became the same as slave in early medieval Europe? Because from the 6th century onwards, new Western European states began to regularly attack the scattered Slavic tribes During these attacks and wars, Slavs were captured as slaves and taken all over the world
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