Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slabъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- (to be weak, limp, languid). Cognate with Latin lābor (to slip, sink down), labō (to totter, waver).

Adjective[edit]

*slàbъ

  1. weak

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 452
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сла́бый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress