Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/srebʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Root

    *srebʰ-[1][2]

    1. to sip, gulp, suck (in)

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srebʰ- (6 c, 0 e)
    • *sr̥bʰ-et ~ *sr̥bʰ-ont (thematic root aorist)[1][3]
      • Albanian:
        • surb ("gjerb", drink with small sips)
      • Armenian:
        • Old Armenian: արբ (arb, he drank)
    • *sróbʰ-ey ~ *sr̥bʰ-énti[4]
      • Anatolian:
        • Hittite: 𒊭𒊏𒁉 (ša-ra-pi /⁠sarāpi⁠/, sips)
    • *srobʰ-éye-ti (iterative)[1][5]
    • *sróbʰ-u ~ *sr̥bʰ-éw
      • Proto-Celtic: *srobu[6]
        • Old Irish: srub
          • Middle Irish: srub (snout)
    Unsorted formations
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latgalian: strēbt
      • Latvian: surbt, Latvian: strebt, Latvian: strēbt
      • Lithuanian: srė̃bti, sur̃bti
      • Proto-Slavic: *sьrbati (see there for further descendants)
    • Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Iranian: *hrab- (to sip, suck (in))[7][8]
        • (possibly) Chorasmian: mžβ- (to absorb, sip, suck in/out) (with the preverb *uz-)
        • Ishkashimi: [script needed] (rův-, to give milk (about cows))
        • Pashto: روول (rəvavə́l, to suckle, breast feed), رودل (ravdə́l, rəvdə́l, to suckle (the breast))
        • Shughni: рӣвдов̌ (rīvdōw, to suckle (the breast))
        • Wakhi: rowǰ (teat, comforter made of horn)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 587
    2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1001
    3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 129
    4. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šarāpi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 843-844
    5. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-133
    6. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*srobu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
    7. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
    8. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 65