Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bobrъ

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 *bebrus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Noun

*bòbrъ m [1][2]

beaver

Declension

Declension of *bòbrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bòbrъ	*bobrà	*bobrì
Accusative	*bòbrъ	*bobrà	*bobrỳ
Genitive	*bobrà	*bobrù	*bòbrъ
Locative	*bobrě̀	*bobrù	*bòbrěxъ
Dative	*bobrù	*bobròma	*bobròmъ
Instrumental	bobrъ̀mь, bobròmь^*	*bobròma	*bòbry
Vocative	*bobre	*bobrà	*bobrì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

*bobrava
*bobrovina
*bobrovišče
*bobrovъ / *bobrovъjь
*bobrovьna
*bobrujьskъ
*bobrъkъ
*bobrьjь
*bobrьkъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бабёр (babjór)
- Russian: бобр (bobr), бобёр (bobjór)
- Ukrainian: бібр (bibr), бобе́р (bobér), бобро́ (bobró)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бо́бър (bóbǎr)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бо̏бр, бо̏бар
  
  Latin: bȍbr, bȍbar
- Slovene: bọ́bər, bóbər (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: bobr
- Kashubian: bòber
- Polish: bóbr
- Slovak: bobor
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bobr
  - Upper Sorbian: bobr

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bebrъ; *bobrъ; *bьbrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “m. o (b) ‘beaver’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “bebrъ (bobrъ) -u”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bæver (NA 128f.; SA 21; PR 134)”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bebrъ; *bobrъ; *bьbrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34: “m. o (b) ‘beaver’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “bebrъ (bobrъ) -u”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bæver (NA 128f.; SA 21; PR 134)”