Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъvo
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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
0-grade doublet of Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥w-ó-m, from *dóru (“wood”). In some daughter languages, attested only as pl. tantum *drъva pl (see there for further descendants).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *drъ̏vo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drъ̏vo | *drъ̏vě | *drъvà |
| genitive | *drъ̏va | *drъvù | *drъ̀vъ |
| dative | *drъ̏vu | *drъvomà | *drъvòmъ |
| accusative | *drъ̏vo | *drъ̏vě | *drъvà |
| instrumental | *drъ̏vъmь, *drъ̏vomь* | *drъvomà | *drъvý |
| locative | *drъ̏vě | *drъvù | *drъvě̃xъ |
| vocative | *drъvo | *drъ̏vě | *drъvà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *drъvьje (collective)
- *druti, *drъviti, *dryvěti (“to beat, to tramp, to strike”) (probably)
- *vъdrъviti, *nadrъviti (“to harden, to stiffen (like a tree)”)
- *drъvařь (“lumberjack”)
- *drъvoga, *drъvožьnikъ (“woodcarving tool”)
- *drъvьnъ, *drъvěnъ (“wooden”)
- *drъvęstъ (“woody, arborine”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drъvo, *drъva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 141
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърво”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 458
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drъ̏vo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122: “n. o (c) ‘tree, (pl.) wood’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “drъvo drъva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c log, wood (opr. plur. tantum) (NA 116)”