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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/božurъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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*božurъ

Etymology

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From *bogъ (god) +‎ *urъ. Interestingly, the word peony also includes a divine notion. Compare Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, Paean, the physician of the gods), related to παιών (paiṓn, a physician), from which the word peony is derived.

Noun

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*božurъ m

  1. (South Slavic) peony, Paeonia officinalis

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*božurъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 228