Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dervo

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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

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*dȇrvo

Etymology

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PIE word
*dóru

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

Noun

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*dȇrvo n[1][2][3]

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

Alternative forms

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Declension

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  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[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 139, 150, 157, 188, 199; PR 138; RPT 85)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “drevo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *dȇrvo

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дерево”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dervo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 211
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дряво”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 439
  • Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki