Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebьce

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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

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Etymology

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Diminutive of *nebo (sky), formed via *-ьce. Compare parallel Balkan formations Greek ουρανίσκος (ouranískos), Albanian qiellzë. The meaning either reflects the position of the palate at the roof of the mouth cavity, just like the sky is the roof of the world, or less likely continues the archaic meaning pseudo-moisture, which according to some[1] is the original meaning of Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ-.

Most other Slavic languages also use derivatives of *nebo to denote palate, however, not exactly the diminutive in *-ьce: e.g. Russian нёбо (njóbo), Ukrainian піднебі́ння (pidnebínnja), Polish podniebienie, Slovak podnebie. The only exception is Czech patro.

Noun

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*nebьce n (chiefly South Slavic)

  1. palate
  2. roof of cavity

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: не́бце (nébce, ceiling arc) (obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebьce”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 109
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “небце”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 583

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 101