Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korbъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *karbás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ-, *(s)korbʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with Lithuanian kar̃bas (“basket”) and Latvian kā̀rba (“basket”). Relation with Latin corbis (“basket”) uncertain (see there for other etymologies).

Pan-Slavic range of the word evidenced by derived terms

Noun

*kȏrbъ m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

basket made of bark

Inflection

Declension of *kȏrbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kȏrbъ	*kȏrba	*kȏrbi
genitive	*kȏrba	*korbù	*kõrbъ
dative	*kȏrbu	*korbomà	*korbòmъ
accusative	*kȏrbъ	*kȏrba	*kȏrby
instrumental	kȏrbъmь, kȏrbomь^*	*korbomà	*korbý
locative	*kȏrbě	*korbù	*korbě̃xъ
vocative	*korbe	*kȏrba	*kȏrbi

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

Derived terms

nouns

Related terms

verbs

*korbiti impf

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: коробъ (korobŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: коробъ (korob)
    - Belarusian: ко́раб (kórab)
    - Ukrainian: ко́роб (kórob)
  - Middle Russian: коробъ (korob)
    - Russian: ко́роб (kórob), ко́робъ (kórob) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      - → Kildin Sami: ко̄ррэб (kōrreb, “box or basket made of bast”)
      - → Kazakh: қорап (qorap, “box”)
      - → Skolt Sami: kåårab
- Old Novgorodian: коробе (korobe)

Non-Slavic:
- >? Proto-West Germanic: *korb

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korbъ; *korba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “m. o; f. ā ‘basket’”
^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*karbu”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 126
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korbъ/*korba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 52
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “korbъ korba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 98; PR 137); d (RPT) kurv”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́роб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
“ко́роб”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, 1963–2014
Sławski, Franciszek (1966-1969) “krobia”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes III: Kotar—Kysz, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 112
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “krobia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 818, page 1
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “короб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “кораб”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “krabice”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 320
Václav Machek (1968) “krabice”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 287
Králik, Ľubor (2016) “krabica”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 296
Havlová, Eva, Erhart, Adolf, editors (1996), “krabii”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 6 (klęti – kuditi), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 354

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*korbъ; *korba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234: “m. o; f. ā ‘basket’”

[2] Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*karbu”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 126

[3] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korbъ/*korba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 52

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001) “korbъ korba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 98; PR 137); d (RPT) kurv”

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