Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rovъ

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rawas, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out”). Cognate with Lithuanian rãvas (“ditch”), Old Prussian rawys (“ditch”).

Noun

*rovъ m

  1. ditch

Declension

Declension of *rovъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *rovъ *rova *rovi
genitive *rova *rovu *rovъ
dative *rovu *rovoma *rovomъ
accusative *rovъ *rova *rovy
instrumental *rovъmь, *rovomь* *rovoma *rovy
locative *rově *rovu *rověxъ
vocative *rove *rova *rovi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ровъ (rovŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: rov (literary)
    • Polish: rów
    • Slovak: rov
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: row
      • Upper Sorbian: row

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2517”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2517
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rovъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439: “m. o ‘ditch, pitch’”
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “rovъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c grav (PR 137)”
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