Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/terba
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to satisfy”). Possibly related to Baltic Old Prussian еntеrреn (“useful”), Lithuanian tarpà (“prosperity, growth”), Lithuanian tar̃pti, tarpstù (“to flourish”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarbō (Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (þaurban, “to need, be in want”), Old English þearf (“need”), Old Norse þarfr (“useful”)), Ancient Greek τέρπω (térpō, “I please”), Sanskrit तृप्यति (tṛ́pyati, “to be satisfied”).
Noun
edit*terba f
Declension
editDeclension of *terba (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *terba | *tèrbě | *tèrby |
genitive | *tèrby | *tèrbu | *tèrbъ |
dative | *tèrbě | *tèrbama | *tèrbamъ |
accusative | *tèrbǫ | *tèrbě | *tèrby |
instrumental | *tèrbojǫ, *tèrbǭ** | *tèrbama | *tèrbamī |
locative | *tèrbě | *tèrbu | *tèrbasъ, *tèrbaxъ* |
vocative | *tèrbo | *tèrbě | *tèrby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тереба (tereba)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: treabă
References
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тре́ба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “требовать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/terba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 648