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Имената на млякото и млечните продукти в балканските езици (Връзка с теориите за индоевропейската прародина)
The names of milk and dairy products in the Balkan languages (Connected to Indo-European Theories)

Author(s): Maya Alexandrova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: milk; milk products; dairies related words; Indo-European; etymology; expansion of Indo-European languages; DNA; archaeology; Yamnaya culture

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the Indo-European roots for milk and diary products and their continuants in the Balkan languages. The early Indo-European milk-related vocabulary confirms the special role of milk in Indo-European expansions. Special attention is paid to the words суроватка and urdhë, inspected by Prof. M. Moskov.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 22-32
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian