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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъvo
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
0-grade doublet of Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥w-ó-m, from *dóru (“wood”). In some daugther languages, attested only as pl. tantum *drъva pl (see there for further descendants).
Noun
*drъ̏vo n[1][2]
- Alternative form of *dervo (“tree”)
- (in the plural) wood
Inflection
Declension of *drъ̏vo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *drъ̏vo | *drъ̏vě | *drъvà |
| Accusative | *drъ̏vo | *drъ̏vě | *drъvà |
| Genitive | *drъ̏va | *drъvù | *drъ̀vъ |
| Locative | *drъ̏vě | *drъvù | *drъvě̃xъ |
| Dative | *drъ̏vu | *drъvomà | *drъvòmъ |
| Instrumental | *drъ̏vъmь, *drъ̏vomь* | *drъvomà | *drъvý |
| Vocative | *drъvo | *drъ̏vě | *drъvà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *drъvьje (collective)
- *druti, *drъviti, *dryvěti (“to beat, to tramp, to strike”) (probably)
- *vъdrъviti, *nadrъviti (“to harden, to stiffen (like a tree)”)
- *drъvařь (“lumberjack”)
- *drъvoga, *drъvožьnikъ (“woodcarving tool”)
- *drъvьnъ, *drъvěnъ (“wooden”)
- *drъvęstъ (“woody, arborine”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дърво́ (dǎrvó); дръ́во (drǎ́vo) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: дрво (drvo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: др̏во; дарво̏ (dialectal)
- Latin: dȑvo; darvȍ (dialectal)
- Slovene: dŕvo
- West Slavic:
- Czech: drvo (dialectal)
- Slovak: drvo
- Polish: drwo
- (Ślemień): drvo
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрова”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drъvo, *drъva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 141
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дърво”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 458
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drъ̏vo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122: “n. o (c) ‘tree, (pl.) wood’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “drъvo drъva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c log, wood (opr. plur. tantum) (NA 116)”