Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zobь

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”). Cognate to Lithuanian žė̃bti. Compare also Old English ċeafl, German Kiefer, Irish gob, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬟𐬀𐬭𐬆 (zafar^ə, “mouth”), and especially Proto-Germanic *kafą (“chaff”).

Noun

*zȍbь f

1. fodder
2. oats

   Synonym: *ovьsъ

Inflection

Declension of *zȍbь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zȍbь	*zȍbi	*zȍbi
genitive	*zobí	*zobьjù, *zobľu*	*zobь̀jь
dative	*zȍbi	*zobьmà	*zȍbьmъ
accusative	*zȍbь	*zȍbi	*zȍbi
instrumental	*zobьjǫ́	*zobьmà	*zobьmì
locative	*zobí	*zobьjù, *zobľu*	*zȍbьxъ
vocative	*zobi	*zȍbi	*zȍbi

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *zobъ (“peck”)
• *zobati (“to munch; to feed with fodder”)
• *zobiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зобь (zobĭ)
    • Belarusian: зоб (zob)
    • Russian: зоб (zob), зобь (zobʹ)
    • Ukrainian: зоб (zob)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: зоб (zob)
  • Macedonian: зоб (zob)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зо̑б

    Latin script: zȏb

  • Slovene: zọ̑b (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zob
  • Kashubian: dzëba, dzób (rare), dzëb (rare), dzub (archaic), zëba (archaic), zób (archaic), zëb (archaic), zub (archaic)
  • Polish: zób, dziób
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zob

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зоб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зоб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 650
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “zobáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “zọ̑b ‛oves, zrnata hrana’”