Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zobь
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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]Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”). Cognate to Lithuanian žė̃bti. Compare also Old English ċeafl, German Kiefer, Irish gob, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬟𐬀𐬭𐬆 (zafarə, “mouth”), and especially Proto-Germanic *kafą (“chaff”).
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- 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), volume 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’”
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zȏbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 81 of 75–102: “PSl. zobь ‘oats’”