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Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫ̑bъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”). First attested in c. 1140‒1160. Cognate with Old East Slavic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Old Ruthenian зубъ (zub), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Old Polish ząb.
Noun
ꙁѫбе • (zǫbe) m[1]
- (hapax) tooth
c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 855 [Birchbark letter no. 855], Novgorod:… а ꙁоубь вꙑбить …- … a zubĭ vybitĭ …
- And a tooth is knocked out.
Derived terms
- Ꙁѫбе m (Zǫbe) (first name)
References
- ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 741
Further reading
- “ꙁѫбе”, in Берестяные грамоты – Национальный корпус русского языка [Birchbark Letters – Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025