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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rebro

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 *rebra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-ró-m, from *h₁rebʰ- (to cover). Cognate with Old High German rippi, Icelandic rif, English reef.

Noun

*rebrò n [1]

  1. rib

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rebrò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 433: “n. o (b) ‘rib’”
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