Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъbъ

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

Seemingly from a Proto-Balto-Slavic *lubas, and cognate with Lithuanian lubà (“plank, board”), Latvian luba (“bast, plank, shelf”).^[1] Compare *lubъ (“bast”), probably from the same source.

Noun

*lъbъ m^[2]^[3]^[4]

skull

Declension

Declension of *lъ̀bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lъ̀bъ	*lъbà	*lъbì
genitive	*lъbà	*lъbù	*lъ̀bъ
dative	*lъbù	*lъbòma	*lъbòmъ
accusative	*lъ̀bъ	*lъbà	*lъbỳ
instrumental	lъbъ̀mь, lъbòmь^*	*lъbòma	*lъ̀by
locative	*lъbě̀	*lъbù	*lъ̀běxъ
vocative	*lъbe	*lъbà	*lъbì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: лобъ (lob)
    - Belarusian: лоб (lob); лоп (lop), луо́б (luób), ло̂б (lôb) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: лоб (lob), ліб (lib)
  - Russian: лоб (lob)
    - → Bulgarian: лоб (lob) (dated)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱏⰱⱏ (lŭbŭ), ⰾⱁⰱⱏ (lobŭ)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
- Bulgarian: лъбъ (lǎb), лъб (lǎb) (dated)
- Slovene: lèb, lǝ̏b (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: leb
  - Czech: leb (archaic)
- Old Polish: łeb
  - Polish: łeb; u̯ep (dialectal)
  - → Old Ruthenian: лебъ (leb)
    - Belarusian: лэб (leb), лэп (lep) (dialectal)
- Slovak: leb (archaic)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “luba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lъbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293: “m. o ‘skull’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lъbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b? pande (PR 134)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “luba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lъbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293: “m. o ‘skull’”

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001) “lъbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b? pande (PR 134)”

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