Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobrъ

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus

Proto-Slavic *bobrъ

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bebrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Noun

*bòbrъ m^[1]^[2]

beaver

Declension

Predominantly:

Declension of *bòbrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bòbrъ	*bobrà	*bobrì
genitive	*bobrà	*bobrù	*bòbrъ
dative	*bobrù	*bobròma	*bobròmъ
accusative	*bòbrъ	*bobrà	*bobrỳ
instrumental	bobrъ̀mь, bobròmь^*	*bobròma	*bòbry
locative	*bobrě̀	*bobrù	*bòbrěxъ
vocative	*bobre	*bobrà	*bobrì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Probably originally (attested in early East Slavic):

Declension of *bòbrъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bòbrъ	*bobrỳ	*bobròve
genitive	*bobrù	*bobròvu	*bobròvъ
dative	*bobròvi	*bòbrъma	*bobrъ̀mъ
accusative	*bòbrъ	*bobrỳ	*bobrỳ
instrumental	*bobrъ̀mь	*bòbrъma	*bòbrъmī
locative	*bòbru	*bobròvu	*bobrъ̀xъ
vocative	*bobru	*bobrỳ	*bobròve

Alternative forms

Derived terms

nouns

*bobrava
*bobrovina
*bobrovišče
*bobrъkъ / *bobrьkъ

adjectives

*bobrěnъ
*bobrьjь
*bobrovъ
*bobrujь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бобръ (bobrŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: бо́бръ (bóbr)
    - Belarusian: бабёр (babjór)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: бобе́р (bobér)
    - Ukrainian: бобе́р (bobér); бібр (bibr), бобро́ (bobró) (dialectal)
  - Middle Russian: бобръ (bobr), бобе́ръ (bobér)
    - Russian: бобёр (bobjór), бобр (bobr); бобер (bober) (obsolete)
- Old Novgorodian: бобръ (bobrŭ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бо́бър (bóbǎr)
- Slovene: bọ́bər, bóbər (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bobr
  - Czech: bobr
- Kashubian: bòber
- Polabian: bübĕr
- Old Polish: bóbr
  - Polish: bóbr, bober (Podlachia, Zagórze)
  - Silesian: biber
- Old Slovak: bobr, bobor
  - Pannonian Rusyn: бобер (bober)
  - Slovak: bobor
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bobr
  - Upper Sorbian: bobr
Non-slavic:
- → Romanian: bober

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bebrъ; *bobrъ; *bьbrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “m. o (b) ‘beaver’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bebrъ (bobrъ) -u”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bæver (NA 128f.; SA 21; PR 134)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bebrъ; *bobrъ; *bьbrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “m. o (b) ‘beaver’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “bebrъ (bobrъ) -u”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bæver (NA 128f.; SA 21; PR 134)”

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