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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrebro
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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 |
| genitive | *sьrebrà | *sьrebrù | *sьrèbrъ |
| dative | *sьrebrù | *sьrebròma | *sьrebròmъ |
| accusative | *sьrebrò | *sьrèbrě | *sьrebrà |
| instrumental | *sьrebrъ̀mь, *sьrebròmь* | *sьrebròma | *sьrèbry |
| locative | *sьrebrě̀ | *sьrebrù | *sьrèbrěxъ |
| vocative | *sьrebrò | *sьrèbrě | *sьrebrà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “серебро”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “серебро”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 156
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сребро”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, 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 slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sьrebrȍ”
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