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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъvo

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

0-grade doublet of Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥w-ó-m, from *dóru (wood). In some daugther languages, attested only as pl. tantum *drъva pl (see there for further descendants).

Noun

*drъ̏vo n[1][2]

  1. Alternative form of *dervo (tree)
  2. (in the plural) wood

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *drъvьje (collective)
  • *druti, *drъviti, *dryvěti (to beat, to tramp, to strike) (probably)
  • *vъdrъviti, *nadrъviti (to harden, to stiffen (like a tree))
  • *drъvařь (lumberjack)
  • *drъvoga, *drъvožьnikъ (woodcarving tool)
  • *drъvьnъ, *drъvěnъ (wooden)
  • *drъvęstъ (woody, arborine)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дърво́ (dǎrvó); дръ́во (drǎ́vo) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: дрво (drvo)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: др̏во; дарво̏ (dialectal)
      Latin: dȑvo; darvȍ (dialectal)
    • Slovene: dŕvo
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: drvo (dialectal)
    • Slovak: drvo
    • Polish: drwo

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drъ̏vo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122: “n. o (c) ‘tree, (pl.) wood’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), drъvo drъva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c log, wood (opr. plur. tantum) (NA 116)”
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