Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zǫbъ

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

Alternative forms

  • *zǫ̑bь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos, with the mobile accent due to Illič-Svityč's law.

Noun

*zǫ̑bъ m[1][2]

  1. tooth

Inflection

Declension of *zǫ̑bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *zǫ̑bъ *zǫ̑ba *zǫ̑bi
genitive *zǫ̑ba *zǫbù *zǫ̃bъ
dative *zǫ̑bu *zǫbomà *zǫbòmъ
accusative *zǫ̑bъ *zǫ̑ba *zǫ̑by
instrumental *zǫ̑bъmь, *zǫ̑bomь* *zǫbomà *zǫbý
locative *zǫ̑bě *zǫbù *zǫbě̃xъ
vocative *zǫbe *zǫ̑ba *zǫ̑bi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), зубъ (zubŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: ꙁѫбе (zǫbe), ꙁоубе (zube)Late form
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰸⱘⰱⱏ (zǫbŭ)
    • Bulgarian: зъб (zǎb), зъмп (zǎmp) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: заб (zab)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зу̑б
      Latin script: zȗb
    • Slovene: zọ̑b (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zǫ̑bъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549
  2. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 7:*zǫ̑bъ