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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korabľь

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

From earlier *karabja, borrowed from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos, boat, crab, beetle) (Modern Greek καράβι (karávi, ship, boat)). Could have been influenced by or confused with *korbъ (basket).

According to ESSJa, from adjective *korb-jo-, from *korbъ.

Noun

*korãbľь m[1]

  1. ship

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korabjь / *korabъ / *korabь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 44

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “korabjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b skib (SA 146; PR 134)
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