Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žerbę

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-, with the suffix *-ę for forming names of young animals. Cognate with Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos).

Noun

*žērbę̀ n

1. foal

Declension

Derived terms

• *žerbьcь (diminutive)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жарабя́ (žarabjá)
  • Russian: жеребя́ (žerebjá) (dial.)

  ⇒ Russian: жеребёнок (žerebjónok)

  • Ukrainian: жереб'я́ (žerebʺjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: жрѣбѧ (žrěbę)
  • Bulgarian: жребе́ (žrebé), dial. ждря́бе (ždrjábe), ждребе́ (ždrebé), жеребе (žerebe)
  • Macedonian: ждре́бе (ždrébe)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ждре̑бе, ждрије̑бе

    Latin: ždrȇbe, ždrijȇbe

  • Slovene: žrebȅ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hřiebě
    • Czech: hříbě
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): říbě
  • Old Polish: źrzebię
    • Polish: źrebię
    • Silesian: zdrzybiã
  • Slovak: žriebä
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: žrěbjo
    • Lower Sorbian: žrěbje

References

• Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 554