Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kerbʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

An extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut; to turn”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Root

*(s)kerbʰ-[1]

  1. to be sharp

Descendants

  • *(s)korbʰ-o-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *skárˀbas (“sharp”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *skarpaz (“sharp”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: skirbis
    • Latgalian: škērba (“fissure, slot”)
    • Latvian: šķirba
    • Proto-Slavic: *ščьrba (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *skrepaną (“to scratch, scrape”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *skrapōną (“to scratch, scrape”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *skrobeis
    • Latin: scrobis (“ditch, trench grave”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*(s)kerbʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 557
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