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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zobь

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

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth”). Cognate to Lithuanian žė̃bti. Compare also Old English ċeafl, German Kiefer, Irish gob, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬟𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (zafarə, “mouth”), and especially Proto-Germanic *kafą (“chaff”).

Noun

*zȍbь f[1][2]

  1. fodder
  2. oats[2]
    Synonym: *ovьsъ

Inflection
Declension of *zȍbь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *zȍbь *zȍbi *zȍbi
Accusative *zȍbь *zȍbi *zȍbi
Genitive *zobí *zobьjù, *zobľu* *zobь̀jь
Locative *zobí *zobьjù, *zobľu* *zȍbьxъ
Dative *zȍbi *zobьmà *zȍbьmъ
Instrumental *zobьjǫ́ *zobьmà *zobьmì
Vocative *zobi *zȍbi *zȍbi
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
  • *zobъ (“peck”)
  • *zobati (“to munch; to feed with fodder”)
  • *zobiti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зобь (zobĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: zob
    • Kashubian: dzëba, dzób (rare), dzëb (rare), dzub (archaic), zëba (archaic), zób (archaic), zëb (archaic), zub (archaic)
    • Polish: zób, dziób
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: zob

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zȏbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 558
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2013), “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 81 of 75–102: “PSl. zobь ‘oats’”
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