Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫbiti

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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 *rambīˀtei, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *remb- (to notch, hack).[1]

Related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *rámbas. Cognate with Lithuanian rumbúoti (to hem), rémbėti (to become covered with scars), rum̃bas / rùmbas (notch, scar, waist (on clothing)), Latvian robs (notch) < *rambs. Per Vasmer, possibly cognate with Old Norse ramr, rammr (sharp, bitter), rimma (struggle), Old High German ramft (edge). Per Chernykh, cognate with Middle High German rumpf (torso) (modern German Rumpf).

Verb

*rǫbìti

  1. to chop
  2. to hem

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “руби́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 125
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rǫbìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “руби́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “864-65”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 864-65