Cognate Set 2059 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
*spin-
IE-CoR reference language:
Slavic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
spīna [Latin] scale: 2
Justification:
It is uncertain whether this lexeme is a loanword from Latin spīna (via Old Polish?) or a cognate of it (cf. Vasmer 1953-1958 II:708, Vasmer 1986-1987 III:735). Not in [Derksen 2008 and therefore implicitly not considered a part of the Slavic inherited lexicon in that work.]
Found in clades:
Slavic
Revised by:
Lechosław Jocz, Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 3 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
97   Russian spina спина spʲiˈnɑ̈ spʲiˈna
99   Ukrainian spina спина ˈspɪnɐ ˈspɪna
98   Belarusian spìna спіна ˈspʲinɑ̈ ˈspʲina An alternative lexeme is 'плечы' but it is surely not the main word for the meaning and has a meaning 'arm' too.
References
  • Brückner, A.: 509
    The word spina was borrowed from Latin into Polish and then from Polish into Russian.
  • Jocz, Lechosław:
    There is no certainty which of the alternative etymologies is correct.
  • Martynaǔ, V. and G., Cyhun: 12: 266
    The word is assumed to be a loan from Polish spina < Latin spīna.
  • Mel'ničuk, O.: 371
    There is no certain etymology. It is either a borrowing from Latin (via Polish) or a cognate of Latin spīna along with Latvian spina 'stick', Old High German spinula 'pin', and Tocharian A spin- 'hook'.
  • Vasmer, Max: II: 708
    The word may (in Russian) either be a loanword from Polish spina which in turn is a loan from Latin spīna, or it is a direct cognate of Latin spīna, OHG spinula etc.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 580-581
    De Vaan apparently regards the Slavic lexemes as cognates of Latin spīna and not loanwords derived thereof.
  • Černyh, Pavel: 193
    There is no reason to assume that the Russian word was borrowed from Polish. According to Pokorny, it is a cognate of Latin spīna etc.
  • Šanskij, N. and Ivanov, V. and Šanskaâ, T.: 424
    The etymology is unclear. It is either a borrowing from Latin or a cognate of Latin spina along with Latvian spina 'stick' and Old High German spinula 'pin'.
  • Šapošnikov, A. K.: 365
    The Russian word was borrowed from Latin.