душа
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- soul
- spirit
- darling
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic доуша (soul) inherited from Proto-Slavic *duša (spirit, soul) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (fly, whirl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰews-
Gloss
fly, whirl
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- губить Russian
- душегуб Russian
- душераздирающий Russian
- дыхание Russian
- раздира́ющий Russian
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰews- Proto-Indo-European
- *dusāną Proto-Germanic
- *duchja Proto-Slavic
- *duxъ Proto-Slavic
- *duša Proto-Slavic
- *dyšati Proto-Slavic
- duše Czech
- душа Serbo-Croatian
- душа Bulgarian
- *dusnos Proto-Celtic
- душа Macedonian
- душа Ukrainian
- душа Belarusian
- доуша Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- доуша Old East Slavic