Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grabrъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *grēb(ʰ)o-s, from the zero grade of *gerbʰ- (to carve, dig out).[1]

Juxtapose Lithuanian skroblas, Latvian skābardis. Further compare Latvian Gruõbin̨a, Ancient Greek γράβιον (grábion, torch). Some authors argue for a non-Indo-European origin.

Noun[edit]

*grabrъ m

  1. hornbeam

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 404, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 404

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “граб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress