Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrebro

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

A wanderword from a non-Indo-European language, perhaps originally substrate.[1] Compare Lithuanian sidãbras, Latvian sidrabs, sudrabs, Old Prussian sirablan, and to the west, Proto-Germanic *silubrą, Basque zilar, and Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf.

Noun

*sьrebrò n[1][2][3]

  1. silver

Declension

Declension of *sьrebrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *sьrebrò *sьrèbrě *sьrebrà
genitive *sьrebrà *sьrebrù *sьrèbrъ
dative *sьrebrù *sьrebròma *sьrebròmъ
accusative *sьrebrò *sьrèbrě *sьrebrà
instrumental *sьrebrъ̀mь, *sьrebròmь* *sьrebròma *sьrèbry
locative *sьrebrě̀ *sьrebrù *sьrèbrěxъ
vocative *sьrebrò *sьrèbrě *sьrebrà

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

Derived terms

Descendants

From *sьrebrò:

From *sьrěbrò:

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сьрѣбро (sĭrěbro)
      • Old Ruthenian: срѣбро (srěbro)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: střiebro
    • Old Slovak: striebro, stríbro, sriebro, sríbro
      • Pannonian Rusyn: стрибло (striblo)
      • Slovak: striebro; striablo (dialectal)
        • → Carpathian Rusyn: стрібро (stribro)
        • → Ukrainian: стрі́бло (stríblo) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “серебро”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “серебро”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сребро”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 410

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 86 of 75–102: “PSl. sьrebro ‘silver’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sьrebro sьrebra”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sølv (SA 80; PR 135)”
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “srebrọ̑”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sьrebrȍ”
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