Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrbъ

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

The root lacks direct Indo-European relatives, so it cannot be reconstructed with full certainty. Nonetheless, both Derksen and Vasmer suppose an origin from the hypothetical proto-Indo-European root *ger- (to bend, to craft), which was enlarged in Slavic into Proto-Indo-European *gr̥bʰos < *gerbʰ- (to carve, to crib).

Noun

*gъrbъ m[1][2][3]

  1. hump

Declension

Declension of *gъrbъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gъrbъ *gъrba *gъrbi
genitive *gъrba *gъrbu *gъrbъ
dative *gъrbu *gъrboma *gъrbomъ
accusative *gъrbъ *gъrba *gъrby
instrumental *gъrbъmь, *gъrbomь* *gъrboma *gъrby
locative *gъrbě *gъrbu *gъrběxъ
vocative *gъrbe *gъrba *gъrbi

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

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • *gъrbačь
  • *gъrbati
  • *gъrbatъ
  • *gъrbavъ
  • *gъrbina
  • *gъrbiti

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гърбъ (gŭrbŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: гръбъ (grŭbŭ)
    • Bulgarian: гръб (grǎb)
    • Macedonian: грб (grb)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гр̏ба
      Latin script: gȑba
    • Slovene: gȓb, gŕba (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrbъ / *gъrba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 199

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъrbъ; *gъrba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198:m. o; f. ā ‘hump’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gъrbъ gъrba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:d (OSA 141)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gŕba”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*gъ̋rba