Etymology

Medved

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Today it means: A surname from the Slavic languages. Full definition →

Proto-Slavic *medvědь
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  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*medvědь“bear”
  2. English todayMedved

As a Slovene, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish, Slovak, and Czech (Medvěd) surname, all from common Slavic for bear, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь (“bear”). Compare Nedved. Also sometimes Americanized from Russian patronymic Medvedev, of the same meaning.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*medvědь all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.