Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьbanъ

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

Alternative forms

• *čьvanъ

Etymology

Unclear:

• Vasmer, Trubačev relate it to Lithuanian kìbiras (“bucket”), Latvian ciba (“small keg for milk”), which have been compared with Ancient Greek κίβος (kíbos, “chest”);
• Mladenov alternatively draws comparison with Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē), Latin cumba, German Humpen, Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbhá), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba) which are more often associated with similarly unclear Proto-Slavic *kubъ / *kǫbъ.

Noun

*čьbanъ m

1. jug, pitcher

Declension

Declension of *čьbanъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čьbanъ	*čьbana	*čьbani
genitive	*čьbana	*čьbanu	*čьbanъ
dative	*čьbanu	*čьbanoma	*čьbanomъ
accusative	*čьbanъ	*čьbana	*čьbany
instrumental	*čьbanъmь, *čьbanomь*	*čьbanoma	*čьbany
locative	*čьbaně	*čьbanu	*čьbaněxъ
vocative	*čьbane	*čьbana	*čьbani

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

Related terms

nouns

• *čьběja
• *čьbьrъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жбан (žban)
  • Russian: жбан (žban)
    • → Yakut: жбан (zhban)
  • Ukrainian: джбан (džban), чоба́н (čobán)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Russian Church Slavonic: чьбанъ (čĭbanŭ)

  • Bulgarian: джибан (džiban), джубан (džuban) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: джба̏н, жба̏н

    Latin script: džban, žban

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čbán
    • Czech: džbán
  • Kashubian: zbón
  • Old Polish: dzban, czban, zban
    • Polish: dzban
      • → Belarusian: збан (zban)
      • → Ukrainian: дзбан (dzban), збан (zban)
    • Silesian: zbōn
  • Slovak: džbán

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жбан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьbanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 138