Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glǫbokъ

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) The root is glǫb-, cf. *glǫbina (“depth”) (Old Church Slavonic глѫбина (glǫbina), Russian глубина (glubina), Polish głębina). According to Vasmer, it's Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- with nasal infix.

Adjective

*glǫbokъ

1. deep

Descendants

• Old East Slavic: глѫбокъ (glǫbokŭ)
  • Belarusian: глыбо́кі (hlybóki)
  • Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij)
  • Ukrainian: глибокий (hlybokyj)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: глѫбокъ (glǫbokŭ)
  • Bulgarian: дълбок (dǎlbok) (from *dlǫbokъ, by contamination with *dъlbokъ).
  • Macedonian: длабок (dlabok) (from *dlǫbokъ, by contamination with *dъlbokъ).

• West Slavic
  • Czech: hluboký
  • Polish: głęboki
  • Slovak: hlboký
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: dłymoki

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глубо́кий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “glǫbokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166