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. 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.

Related terms

• *zębnǫti
• *zęti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), зубъ (zubŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: зубъ (zub)
      • Belarusian: зуб (zub)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: зуб (zub)
      • Ukrainian: зуб (zub)
    • Russian: зуб (zub)
  • Old Novgorodian: ꙁѫбе (zǫbe), ꙁоубе (zube)
• 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:
  • Old Czech: zub
    • Czech: zub
  • Old Polish: ząb
    • Polish: ząb
    • Silesian: zōmb
  • Kashubian: ząb
  • Slovak: zub
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zub
    • Lower Sorbian: zub

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