Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъvo

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

0-grade doublet of Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥w-ó-m, from *dóru (“wood”). In some daughter languages, attested only as pl. tantum *drъva pl (see there for further descendants).

Noun

*drъ̏vo n

1. Alternative form of *dervo (“tree”)
2. (in the plural) wood

Inflection

Declension of *drъ̏vo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drъ̏vo	*drъ̏vě	*drъvà
genitive	*drъ̏va	*drъvù	*drъ̀vъ
dative	*drъ̏vu	*drъvomà	*drъvòmъ
accusative	*drъ̏vo	*drъ̏vě	*drъvà
instrumental	*drъ̏vъmь, *drъ̏vomь*	*drъvomà	*drъvý
locative	*drъ̏vě	*drъvù	*drъvě̃xъ
vocative	*drъvo	*drъ̏vě	*drъvà

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

Derived terms

• *drъvьje (collective)
• *druti, *drъviti, *dryvěti (“to beat, to tramp, to strike”) (probably)
• *vъdrъviti, *nadrъviti (“to harden, to stiffen (like a tree)”)
• *drъvařь (“lumberjack”)
• *drъvoga, *drъvožьnikъ (“woodcarving tool”)
• *drъvьnъ, *drъvěnъ (“wooden”)
• *drъvęstъ (“woody, arborine”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дърво́ (dǎrvó); дръ́во (drǎ́vo) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: дрво (drvo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: др̏во; дарво̏ (dialectal)

    Latin script: dȑvo; darvȍ (dialectal)

  • Slovene: dŕvo
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: drvo (dialectal)
  • Slovak: drvo
  • Polish: drwo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drъvo, *drъva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 141
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърво”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 458