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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrebro

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.

Noun

*sьrebrò n[1][2][3]

  1. silver

Declension

Descendants

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

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 86 of 75–102:PSl. sьrebro ‘silver’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “sьrebro sьrebra”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b sølv (SA 80; PR 135)
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “srebrọ̑”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*sьrebrȍ
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