Slavic
/ˈslæv.ɪk/noun
Relating to the Slavs or their languages.
Did you know?The name of the Slavs is widely connected to Proto-Slavic *slověninъ and *slovo (“word, speech”), a rare case where an entire peoples’ name may have grown from the idea of “those who speak our language.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Slavic
Slavic
*slověninъ
“a Slav; a member of the Slavic peoples”
Proto-Slavic
Slavic
*slovo
“word; speech”
Early Medieval Latin
Latin
Sclavus
“a Slav”
Byzantine Greek
Greek
Σκλάβος (Sklábos)
“a Slav”
Middle English
English
Sclavonie / Slavonie
“Slav land; relating to the Slavs”
Modern English
English
Slavic
“relating to the Slavs or their languages”