Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrbъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
The root lacks direct Indo-European relatives, so it cannot be reconstructed with full certainty. Nonetheless, both Derksen and Vasmer suppose an origin from the hypothetical proto-Indo-European root *ger- (“to bend, to craft”), which was enlarged in Slavic into (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gr̥bʰos < *gerbʰ- (“to carve, to crib”). From the same root, but via different extensions, descend Proto-Germanic *krabōną (“to crave, to contract”) and its derivative Proto-Germanic *kraftaz (“craft”) as well as Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to creep, to twist, to cripple”). Other cognates include Old Irish gerbach (“scabby, mangy”), Icelandic korpa (“wrinkle”), Old Armenian կարթ (kartʻ, “fishhook, fishing hook”) (< *gr̥̄p-ti-).
Noun
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *gъrbъ | *gъrba | *gъrbi |
genitive | *gъrba | *gъrbu | *gъrbъ |
dative | *gъrbu | *gъrboma | *gъrbomъ |
accusative | *gъrbъ | *gъrba | *gъrby |
instrumental | *gъrbъmь, *gъrbomь* | *gъrboma | *gъrby |
locative | *gъrbě | *gъrbu | *gъrběxъ |
vocative | *gъrbe | *gъrba | *gъrbi |
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrbъ / *gъrba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 07 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 199
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъrbъ; *gъrba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 198: “m. o; f. ā ‘hump’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gъrbъ gъrba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 141)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gŕba”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*gъ̋rba”