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Proto-IE: *swAlw-
Meaning: a k. of small bird (nightingale, swallow)
Slavic: *solvьjь, *solvьcь, *solvīkъ, *solvī f.
Baltic: ? *šalw-i- c., *šalw-a- c., -ia- c.
Germanic: *swalw-ōn- f.
Russ. meaning: птица (соловей/ласточка)
References: WP II 535
Comments: The association of a fish and a bird is questionable, but not impossible. For Slav. s = Balt. š < *sw- cf. *swel-men- > Gr. sélma = Germ. selm- = Slav. *selmę = Lit. šelmuõ etc.
piet-meaning,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,

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