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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čubъ

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

Together with Proto-Slavic *skuti (“to pluck hair, weeds”), supposed to be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewbʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to shove”). Further related appears to be Albanian humb (“to get lost”) via a nasal infix.

Per Trubachev and Vasmer, distantly related to Proto-Slavic *čupъ. Trubachev mentions as possible descendants Serbo-Croatian ćùba, Slovene čọ́ba, however, per Snoj[1] they may actually reflect Proto-Slavic *čьnoba.

Noun

*čubъ m[2]

  1. forelock
  2. crest
    Synonym: *čupъ (in South Slavic)

Inflection
Declension of *čubъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čubъ *čuba *čubi
genitive *čuba *čubu *čubъ
dative *čubu *čuboma *čubomъ
accusative *čubъ *čuba *čuby
instrumental *čubъmь, *čubomь* *čuboma *čuby
locative *čubě *čubu *čuběxъ
vocative *čube *čuba *čubi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *čukъ (“part of forelock”) (in Russian)
  • *kyta (“bouquet, decoration”)
  • *kyčurъ (“tuft”)
  • *skuti (“to pluck (hair, weeds)”)
  • *xyba (“error, mistake”) (possibly)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *чубъ (*čubŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *чубъ (*čub)
      • Russian: чуб (čub)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: čub
    • Polish: czub
    • Slovak: čub
    • Slovincian: czúb

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чуб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čubъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 126

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “šọ́ba”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “čubъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/d (RPT 97)”
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