Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lubъ
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]
- bast (of trees)
Declension
| 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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