< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kubъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
- *kǫbъ (per Vasmer)
Etymology
Attested mainly in Northern Slavic, except perhaps for dial. Macedonian куб (kub, “small shape, vessel”), Bulgarian кубица (kubica, “type of gadget or toy”). No certain relatives outside of Slavic:
- Per Vasmer: Possibly related to Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “pot”), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba, “pot”) or Ancient Greek κύμβος (kúmbos, “vessel”), implying a nasal reflex (as if from *kǫbъ).
- Per Trubačev: Without nasalization, as evident by Polish kubek, Lower Sorbian kub. Possibly akin to Lithuanian kaũbras (“mound”), Phrygian Κύβελον (Kúbelon, “mountain in West Anatolia”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kewbʰ- (“to arch, to bow”).
Declension
Declension of *kubъ (hard o-stem)
Alternative forms
- *kuba f
Derived terms
- *kubъkъ, *kubikъ, *kubьcь (diminutives)
- *kubrъ (“type of toy”)
- *kubanъ (“clay pot”)
- *kubovъ (adjective)
- *kubovina (“cleft”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kubъ, *kubъkъ, *kubikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 77
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “куб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- “kaubrė̃”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.