ꙁѫбе

See also: зѫбъ and зубъ

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*ǵómbʰos

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫ̑bъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”). First attested in c. 1140‒1160. Cognate with Old East Slavic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Old Ruthenian зубъ (zub), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Old Polish ząb.

Noun

ꙁѫбе • (zǫbe) m[1]

  1. (hapax legomenon) tooth
    • c. 1140‒1160, Берестяная грамота № 855 [Birchbark letter no. 855]‎[2], Novgorod:
      … а ꙁоубь вꙑбить …
      … a zubĭ vybitĭ …
      And a tooth is knocked out.

Derived terms

proper nouns
  • Ꙁѫбе m (Zǫbe) (first name)

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 741

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