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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: Development of Slavic Languages?
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Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:43:08 GMT
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In article <D8vz8n.96x@indirect.com> ftilley@indirect.com (Felix E. Tilley Jr.) writes:
>And the word Slav is derived from slobo or slovo, which means word.

Many have stated this in the last few months.  How about a reference?
I've posted Vasmer's argument against this etymology here (on sci.lang)
more times than I care to count; you can find it in his _Etymological
Dictionary of the Russian Language_.  What is your response to it?

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Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)    (J Stuart, _Auld Testament Tales_)
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