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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorbrъ

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 *skorʔbros. Cognate with Latvian šķerbs (astringent, sharp), Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.

Adjective

*xòrbrъ

  1. brave

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хоробры (xorobry), хоробръ (xorobrŭ)

References

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), хоро́брый”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*xorbrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 204
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