Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobъ

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dabas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-o-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (to model, to fashion). Cognate with Latvian daba (nature), Lithuanian dabà (habit, characteristic).

Adjective

*dobъ

  1. good, well, nice

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 47