Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/darъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dāˀra, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃rom (“gift”), from the root *deh₃- (“to give”), turning masculine by Illič-Svityč's rule.
Direct cognates are Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”), Old Armenian տուր (tur). Indirect cognates (with the suffix -no) are Latin dōnum (“gift”), Sanskrit दान (dāná, “gift”).
Reconstruction
Vasmer and Derksen assume an original v-stem, but ESSJa claims that the forms with -ov- are secondary. Sławski claims that the evidence in inconclusive, and the history of the word as well as the derivatives indicate a coexistence of a v-stem.
Noun
- gift (given to another)
- *darъmь/*daromь ― for free
- *dati darъmь/*daromь ― to give for free
- *vъ darъ dati ― to give as a gift
- *božьjь darъ ― something sent by God
- (figuratively) talent, gift (ability)
- (in the plural) ceremonial gifts offered to the bride and groom during a wedding or exchanged during the wedding between the closest relatives and newlyweds
Inflection
Declension of *dȃrъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
Derived terms
Related terms
- *dati (“to give”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*darъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 04 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 191
- “*darъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1974–2001, page 346f
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dȃrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 96: “m. u (c) ‘gift’”
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 7: “*dȃrъ”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “darъ daru”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 137; PR 137; RPT 102)”
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine nouns
- Proto-Slavic terms with usage examples
- Proto-Slavic u-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm c