Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grobъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

Morphologically from *grebti. From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrobʰos. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba, ditch, trench), Old High German grab (grave) and English grave.

Noun edit

*grȍbъ or *gròbъ m[1][2]

  1. grave

Declension edit

Accent paradigm b or c. Russian reflects paradigm c or (dialectally) b, while Serbo-Croatian and Slovene reflect paradigm b.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grobъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 132
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гроб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grobъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 190:m. o (b/c) ‘grave’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “grobъ groba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (NA 118; SA 177; RPT 84); c (PR 137) grav