drevo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȇrvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. First attested in 1473.

drevo n

1. tree (large woody plant)
2. wood (a mass of tree trunks and branches or a single piece thereof)

• Slovak: drevo

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “drevo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

• dȑvo (Standard)
• drijȇvo (Ijekavian)
• drȋvo (Ikavian, Chakavian)

Ekavian reflex of earlier *drěvo, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

drȇvo n (Cyrillic spelling дре̑во)

1. (Ekavian, Kajkavian) wood, lumber, tree

• drevje

Inherited from Old Slovak drevo, from Proto-Slavic *dervo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛvɔ/

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drevo n

1. tree

   Synonym: strom

2. wood

• “drevo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

• IPA^(key): /drɛʋóː/

drevọ̑ n

1. tree

• “drevo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

drevo

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of driva

• vorde, vredo