Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъbъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-[1]

Noun

*lъbъ m[2][3][4]

skull

Declension

Declension of *lъ̀bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lъ̀bъ	*lъbà	*lъbì
Accusative	*lъ̀bъ	*lъbà	*lъbỳ
Genitive	*lъbà	*lъbù	*lъ̀bъ
Locative	*lъbě̀	*lъbù	*lъ̀běxъ
Dative	*lъbù	*lъbòma	*lъbòmъ
Instrumental	lъbъ̀mь, lъbòmь^*	*lъbòma	*lъ̀by
Vocative	*lъbe	*lъbà	*lъbì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: лобъ (lob)
    - Belarusian: лоб (lob); лоп (lop), луо́б (luób), ло̂б (lôb) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: лоб (lob), ліб (lib)
  - Russian: лоб (lob)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱏⰱⱏ (lŭbŭ), ⰾⱁⰱⱏ (lobŭ)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
- Bulgarian: лъбъ (lǎb), лъб (lǎb)
- Slovene: lèb, lǝ̏b (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: leb
  - Czech: leb (archaic)
- Old Polish: łeb
  - Polish: łeb; u̯ep (dialectal)
  - → Old Ruthenian: лебъ (leb)
    - Belarusian: лэб (leb), лэп (lep) (dialectal)
- Slovak: leb (archaic)
- Slovincian: łeb, łep

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 873-74
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lъbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293: “m. o ‘skull’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “lъbъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b? pande (PR 134)”

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 873-74

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lъbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293: “m. o ‘skull’”

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001), “lъbъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b? pande (PR 134)”