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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dervo

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
*dȇrvo

Etymology
PIE word
*dóru

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa, from Proto-Indo-European *derw-o-m.

Noun

*dȇrvo n[1][2][3]

  1. tree (as plant)
  2. wood, twig, trunk (as material)
    Synonyms: *xvojь, *xujь

Alternative forms

Declension
Declension of *dȇrvo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dȇrvo *dȇrvě *dervà
Accusative *dȇrvo *dȇrvě *dervà
Genitive *dȇrva *dervù *dẽrvъ
Locative *dȇrvě *dervù *dervě̃xъ
Dative *dȇrvu *dervomà *dervòmъ
Instrumental *dȇrvъmь, *dȇrvomь* *dervomà *dervý
Vocative *dȇrvo *dȇrvě *dervà
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *dȇrvo (s-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dȇrvo *dȇrvesi *dervesà
Accusative *dȇrvo *dȇrvesi *dervesà
Genitive *dȇrvese *dervesù *dervèsъ
Locative *dȇrvese *dervesù *dervèsьxъ
Dative *dȇrvesi *dervesьmà *dervèsьmъ
Instrumental *dȇrvesьmь *dervesьmà *dervesý
Vocative *dȇrvo *dȇrvesi *dervesà

While s-stem endings are well-attested in Old Church Slavonic, Derksen and Halla-aho both reconstruct *dervo as an o-stem.

Derived terms
  • as prefix *dervo-:
    • *dervodělьje (“woodwork”)
      • *dervoděľa, *dervodělьcь (“woodworker”)
    • *dervorězьba (“woodcarving”)
      • *dervorězьcь, *dervorězьbařь (“woodcrafter”)
    • *dervosěkъ (“lumberjack”)
  • *dervьce, *dervьčę (diminutive)
  • *dervišče (“strong, thick tree”)
  • *dervakъ (“wooden pot, vessel”)
  • *dervějь (“yarrow”) (East Slavic)
  • *dervьnъ, *dervěnъ (“wooden”)
    • *dervina (“thicket”)
    • *dervьnikъ (“trunk”)
    • *dervěnica (“maddock, bug”) (South Slavic)
  • *dervesьnъ (“treey, arboreal”)
    • *dervesina (“wood (material)”)
  • *drъmъ, *drъmъka (“shrub, bush”)
    • *drъmъbъzъ
  • *drьkъ (“stem”)
  • *drynъ (“wooden stake, club”)
  • *sъdorvъ (“healthy, strong, vivid”)

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȇrvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “n. o (c) ‘tree, wood’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dervo dervese / derva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 139, 150, 157, 188, 199; PR 138; RPT 85)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “drevo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *dȇrvo”
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