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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rovъ

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-Balto-Slavic *rawas, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to dig out”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian rãvas (“ditch”), Old Prussian rawys (“ditch”).

Noun

*rovъ m[2][3]

  1. ditch
  2. pitch

Declension
Declension of *rovъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *rovъ *rova *rovi
Accusative *rovъ *rova *rovy
Genitive *rova *rovu *rovъ
Locative *rově *rovu *rověxъ
Dative *rovu *rovoma *rovomъ
Instrumental *rovъmь, *rovomь* *rovoma *rovy
Vocative *rove *rova *rovi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ровъ (rovŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: ровъ (rovŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱃⱁⰲⱏ (rovŭ)
    • Bulgarian: ров (rov)
    • Macedonian: ров (rov)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ро̏в
      Latin: rȍv
    • Slovene: rȍv (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: rov (literary)
    • Polish: rów
    • Slovak: rov
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: row
      • Upper Sorbian: row

Further reading

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2517
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rovъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439: “m. o ‘ditch, pitch’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “rovъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c grav (PR 137)”
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