Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grabrъ

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

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *grēb(ʰ)o-s, from the zero grade of *gerbʰ- (“to carve, dig out”).[1]

Juxtapose Lithuanian skroblas, Latvian skābardis. Further compare Latvian Gruõbin̨a, Ancient Greek γράβιον (grábion, “torch”). Some authors argue for a non-Indo-European origin.

Noun

*grabrъ m

  1. hornbeam

Declension

Declension of *grabrъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *grabrъ *grabra *grabri
genitive *grabra *grabru *grabrъ
dative *grabru *grabroma *grabromъ
accusative *grabrъ *grabra *grabry
instrumental *grabrъmь, *grabromь* *grabroma *grabry
locative *grabrě *grabru *grabrěxъ
vocative *grabre *grabra *grabri

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: грабъ (hrab)
      • Belarusian: граб (hrab)
      • Ukrainian: граб (hrab)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: гра́би́на (hrábýna)
    • Russian: граб (grab)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: habr, hrabr
    • Kashubian: grôbk
    • Polish: grab
    • Slovak: hrab
    • Sorbian:

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “404”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 404

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “граб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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