Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slovenism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
slovenism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A linguistic feature of Slovene language, especially a Slovene idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.

Countable

noun

An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristic for Slovene people.

Uncountable

noun

Esteem for and emulation of Slovene cultural and ethnic heritage.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Slovene Slovẹ́nəcbor. German Slowenebor. English Slovene Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Slovenism From Slovene + -ism.

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Questions

What does slovenism mean?
A linguistic feature of Slovene language, especially a Slovene idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.
Where does slovenism come from?
Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Slovene Slovẹ́nəcbor. German Slowenebor. English Slovene Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Slovenism From Slovene + -ism.

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