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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trǫba

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

Uncertain. Probably onomatopaeic in nature, akin to Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ (“drone”), or borrowed from Old High German trumba (“drums”).

Noun

*trǫbà f[1][2]

  1. pipe, tube
  2. trumpet

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • *trǫbiti (“to play trumpet”)
  • *trǫbačь (“trumpet player”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: труба (truba)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: трѫба (trǫba)
    • Bulgarian: тръба́ (trǎbá), тръ́мба (trǎ́mba) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: труба (truba)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тру́ба
      Latin script: trúba
    • Slovene: trọ́ba (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: trúba
    • Polabian: trǫbă (“hank of tow”)
    • Old Polish: trąba
    • Slovak: trúba
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: truba
      • Lower Sorbian: tšuba
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Romanian: trâmbiță (Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic трѫбица (trǫbica))

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “труба”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “trǫba trǫby”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b rør, trompet (PR 135)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “trọ́ba”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*trǫba̋”
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