Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъlbь

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

Either from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish, shine, be joyful”)[1] (whence Latvian gùlbis, Lithuanian gulbìs, Old Prussian gulbis) with a variant *kulpis (whence Proto-Slavic *kъlpь);
or from the same source as Greek κυβιός (kubiós) and Latin gobius. Connected also with *kъlbь.

Noun

*gъlbь ?

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Descendants

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)
  Cyrillic: гу̑б (“swan, goby”)
  Latin: gȗb

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gъlbь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
Derksen, Rick (2015), “gulbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъlbь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 190

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 366-67

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 366-67