Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbrava

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Most likely containing *dǫ̑bъ (oak) via a *-rъ adjective *dǫbrъ. For the semantic development from “oak” to “forest”, compare Ottoman Turkish میشه (meşe) which developed just in the reverse direction from “forest” to “oak” in about half a millennium, however the suffix is uncertain and the derivation of the word for the oak too.

Noun

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*dǫbrava f

  1. oakwood, oak grove
  2. forest in general

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dǫbrava/*dǫbrova”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 93
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дубрава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress