Etymograph

English

slepez

Slepez comes from Russian слепец ‘blind man’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *slě̑pъ.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*slě̑pъ‘blind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*slěpь̀cь‘a blind person’reconstructed
  3. Russianmodernслепецslepec‘blind man’
  4. Englishtodayslepez

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*slě̑pъ‘blind’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*slěpь̀cь‘a blind person’reconstructed
  3. Russianmodernслепецslepec‘blind man’
  4. Englishtodayslepez

Today it means

noun A type of mole rat, Spalax microphthalmus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *slě̑pъ / slepez