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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/doba

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-Balto-Slavic *dabāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-eh₂, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (to fashion, fit). Cognate with Latvian daba (manner, habit, character), Lithuanian dabà (nature, habit, character).

Noun

*doba f

  1. time

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: до́ба (dóba)
    • Russian: до́ба (dóba) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: доба́ (dobá)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*doba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 109
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*doba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 38
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “до́ба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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