Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dybati

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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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Uncertain. Probably formed as *dyba (staff, derrick) +‎ *-ti from 0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *dwe(m)b- (top), akin to Proto-Germanic *tuppijô (to be atop).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (deep), related to Proto-Slavic *ďubati (to peck), Proto-Germanic *daupijaną (to immerse) via uncertain semantic shift.

Verb

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*dybati impf

  1. to meander, to stagger
  2. to stay atop, to stand on back feet (for tetrapod animals)

Inflection

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  • *dyba (staff, derrick)
  • *dъbati (to look after, to account) (possibly)

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дꙑбати (dybati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dybаti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 197
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дибя”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 381