< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrebro
 |
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
A wanderword from a non-Indo-European language, perhaps originally substrate.[1] Compare Lithuanian sidãbras, Latvian sidrabs, sudrabs, Old Prussian sirablan, and to the west, Proto-Germanic *silubrą, Basque zilar, and Proto-Berber *a-ẓrəf.
Declension
Declension of *sьrebrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sьrebrò | *sьrèbrě | *sьrebrà |
| Accusative | *sьrebrò | *sьrèbrě | *sьrebrà |
| Genitive | *sьrebrà | *sьrebrù | *sьrèbrъ |
| Locative | *sьrebrě̀ | *sьrebrù | *sьrèbrěxъ |
| Dative | *sьrebrù | *sьrebròma | *sьrebròmъ |
| Instrumental | *sьrebrъ̀mь, *sьrebròmь* | *sьrebròma | *sьrèbry |
| Vocative | *sьrebrò | *sьrèbrě | *sьrebrà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “серебро”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “серебро”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “сребро”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 410
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2013), “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 86 of 75–102: “PSl. sьrebro ‘silver’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sьrebro sьrebra”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sølv (SA 80; PR 135)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “srebrọ̑”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sьrebrȍ”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.