Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/srebʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*srebʰ-[1][2]

to sip, gulp, suck (in)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srebʰ-

*sr̥bʰ-et ~ *sr̥bʰ-ont (thematic root aorist)[1][3]
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: արբ (arb, “he drank”)
    - Armenian: հարբել (harbel, “to get drunk”)
*sróbʰ-ey ~ *sr̥bʰ-énti[4]
- Anatolian:
  - Hittite: 𒊭𒊏𒁉 (ša-ra-pi /sarāpi/, “sips”)
*srobʰ-éye-ti (iterative)[1][5]
*sróbʰ-u ~ *sr̥bʰ-éw
- Proto-Celtic: *srobu[6]
  - Old Irish: srub
    - Middle Irish: srub (“snout”)

Unsorted formations

Balto-Slavic:
- Latvian: surbt, Latvian: strebt, Latvian: strēbt
- Lithuanian: srė̃bti, sur̃bti
- Proto-Slavic: *sьrbati (see there for further descendants)
Indo-Iranian:
- Proto-Iranian: *hrab- (“to sip, suck (in)”)[7][8]
  - (possibly) Chorasmian: mžβ- (“to absorb, sip, suck in/out”) (with the preverb *uz-)
  - Ishkashimi: rův- (“to give milk (about cows)”)
  - Pashto: روول‎ (rəvavə́l, “to suckle, breast feed”), رودل‎ (ravdə́l, rəvdə́l, “to suckle (the breast)”)
  - Shughni: рӣвдов̌ (rīvdōw, “to suckle (the breast)”)
  - Wakhi: rowǰ (“teat, comforter made of horn”)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 587
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1001
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 129
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šarāpⁱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 843-844
Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-133
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*srobu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 65

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 587

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1001

[3] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 129

[4] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šarāpⁱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 843-844

[5] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, pages 132-133

[6] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*srobu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

[7] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140

[8] Morgenstierne, Georg (1927) An Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Skrifter utgitt av det Norske Videnskapsakademi i Oslo; 3), Oslo: J. Dybwad, page 65