Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drobiti

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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-Indo-European *dʰreb- (to grind; crush; kill), attested only in Northern PIE (Germanic and Balto-Slavic), see also Lithuanian drėbti (to strike), Latvian drêbt (to beat).

Verb

*drobìti

  1. to crumble, crush

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “272-73”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 272-73
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drobìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 118:v. ‘crumble, crush’
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “drobiti: drobjǫ drobitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c findele (PR 139)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дроби́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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