Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čubъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Together with Proto-Slavic *skuti (“to pluck hair, weeds”), supposed to be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Further related appears to be Albanian humb (“to get lost”) via a nasal infix.
Per Trubachev and Vasmer, distantly related to Proto-Slavic *čupъ. Trubachev mentions as possible descendants Serbo-Croatian ćùba, Slovene čọ́ba, however, per Snoj[1] they may actually reflect Proto-Slavic *čьnoba.
Noun
*čubъ m[2]
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čubъ | *čuba | *čubi |
| genitive | *čuba | *čubu | *čubъ |
| dative | *čubu | *čuboma | *čubomъ |
| accusative | *čubъ | *čuba | *čuby |
| instrumental | *čubъmь, *čubomь* | *čuboma | *čuby |
| locative | *čubě | *čubu | *čuběxъ |
| vocative | *čube | *čuba | *čubi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *čukъ (“part of forelock”) (in Russian)
- *kyta (“bouquet, decoration”)
- *kyčurъ (“tuft”)
- *skuti (“to pluck (hair, weeds)”)
- *xyba (“error, mistake”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чуб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čubъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 126
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “šọ́ba”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čubъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/d (RPT 97)”