Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čubъ

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.

Together with Proto-Slavic *skuti (“to pluck hair, weeds”), supposed to be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Further related appears to be Albanian humb (“to get lost”) via a nasal infix.

Per Trubachev and Vasmer, distantly related to Proto-Slavic *čupъ. Trubachev mentions as possible descendants Serbo-Croatian ćùba, Slovene čọ́ba, however, per Snoj^[1] they may actually reflect Proto-Slavic *čьnoba.

*čubъ m^[2]

1. forelock
2. crest

   Synonym: *čupъ (in South Slavic)

• *čukъ (“part of forelock”) (in Russian)
• *kyta (“bouquet, decoration”)
• *kyčurъ (“tuft”)
• *skuti (“to pluck (hair, weeds)”)
• *xyba (“error, mistake”) (possibly)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *чубъ (*čubŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *чубъ (*čub)
      • Belarusian: чуб (čub)
      • Ukrainian: чуб (čub)
    • Russian: чуб (čub)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: čub
  • Polish: czub
  • Slovak: čub
  • Slovincian: czúb

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чуб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čubъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 126