Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

E-vocalism of Proto-Slavic *drobъ (chunck; intestine), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to fracture). Akin to Lithuanian drebėti (to quiver, to tremble), Latvian drebêt (to quiver).[1]

Noun

*drebъ m[2]

  1. residue, remnant
  2. fuzz, lint, strand (of linen, wool, hemp)

Declension

Declension of *drebъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drebъ *dreba *drebi
genitive *dreba *drebu *drebъ
dative *drebu *dreboma *drebomъ
accusative *drebъ *dreba *dreby
instrumental *drebъmь, *drebomь* *dreboma *dreby
locative *drebě *drebu *dreběxъ
vocative *drebe *dreba *drebi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

  • *drebь (debris)
    • *drebiti (to quiver, to crush)
    • *drebьnavъ (petty, fussy)
    • *drebьnъ (tiny, small)
  • *droba (sediment)
  • *drobь (fraction)
    • *drobina (intestine, entrails)
    • *drobiti (to fraction, to crush)

Derived terms

  • *drebakъ (trifle; small grove)
  • *drebězgъ (fragment, shrud)
  • *dreboliti (to break apart)
    • *drebolьja (tiny, insignificant thing)
  • *dreboskъ (midget)
  • *drebъxa (dress)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дре́б (dréb)
    • Macedonian: дреболија (drebolija)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drebъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 106
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дреб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 422

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drebėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drebъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 116