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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dervo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dérwa, from Proto-Indo-European *derw-ó-m, from *dóru (wood).

Noun

*dȇrvo n [1][2]

  1. tree

Declension

While s-stem endings are well-attested in Old Church Slavonic, Derksen and Halla-aho both reconstruct *dervo as an o-stem.

Descendants

Further reading

  • Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȇrvo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99: “n. o (c) ‘tree, wood’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), dervo dervese / derva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 139, 150, 157, 188, 199; PR 138; RPT 85)”
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