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 daughter 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

Declension of *drъ̏vo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *drъ̏vo *drъ̏vě *drъvà
genitive *drъ̏va *drъvù *drъ̀vъ
dative *drъ̏vu *drъvomà *drъvòmъ
accusative *drъ̏vo *drъ̏vě *drъvà
instrumental *drъ̏vъmь, *drъ̏vomь* *drъvomà *drъvý
locative *drъ̏vě *drъvù *drъvě̃xъ
vocative *drъvo *drъ̏vě *drъvà

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрова”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drъvo, *drъva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 141
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дърво”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 458

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[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c log, wood (opr. plur. tantum) (NA 116)