Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lubъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-ó-s, from *lewbʰ- (to peel, cut off, harm).

Cognate with Lithuanian lùpti (to peel, to shell), lúobas (bast), Latvian luba (narrow strip of wood), luobs (peel), Latin liber (book, inner bark of a tree), Proto-Germanic *laubą (leaf).[1]

Noun

*lubъ m[2]

  1. bast (of trees)

Declension

Declension of *lȗbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lȗbъ *lȗba *lȗbi
genitive *lȗba *lubù *lũbъ
dative *lȗbu *lubomà *lubòmъ
accusative *lȗbъ *lȗba *lȗby
instrumental *lȗbъmь, *lȗbomь* *lubomà *lubý
locative *lȗbě *lubù *lubě̃xъ
vocative *lube *lȗba *lȗbi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: луб (lub)
    • Russian: луб (lub)
    • Ukrainian: луб (lub)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: луб (lub) (obsolete)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: луб
      Latin script: lub
    • Slovene: lȗb (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lub
    • Slovak: lub
    • Polish: łub (obsolete)
    • Sorbian:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “luobas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 296
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lubь luba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:’’c’’ (SA 41)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress