Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰanw-.

Noun

*dǫ̑bъ m

1. oak tree
2. oak (wood)

Declension

*dǫ̑bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dǫ̑bъ	*dǫba	*dǫ̑bi
Accusative	*dǫ̑bъ	*dǫba	*dǫ̑by
Genitive	*dǫ̑ba	*dǫbu	*dǫ̃bъ
Locative	*dǫ̑bě	*dǫbu	*dǫbě̃xъ
Dative	*dǫ̑bu	*dǫboma	*dǫbõmъ
Instrumental	*dǫ̑bъmь, *dǫ̑bomь*	*dǫboma	*dǫbý
Vocative	*dǫbe	*dǫba	*dǫ̑bi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

*dǫ̑bъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dǫ̑bъ	*dǫby	*dǫ̑bove
Accusative	*dǫ̑bъ	*dǫby	*dǫ̑by
Genitive	*dǫ̑bu	*dǫbovu	*dǫbõvъ
Locative	*dǫbú	*dǫbovu	*dǫ̑bъxъ
Dative	*dǫ̑bovi	*dǫbъma	*dǫ̑bъmъ
Instrumental	*dǫ̑bъmь	*dǫbъma	*dǫbъmì
Vocative	*dǫbu	*dǫby	*dǫ̑bove

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дуб (dub)
  • Russian: дуб (dub)
  • Ukrainian: дуб (dub)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: дѫбъ (dǫbŭ)
  • Bulgarian: дъб (dǎb)
  • Macedonian: даб (dab)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: дуб

    Latin: dub

  • Slovene: dọ̑b (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dub
  • Kashubian: dąb
  • Lower Sorbian: dub
  • Polish: dąb
  • Slovak: dub
  • Upper Sorbian: dub

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дуб”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dǫbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114