Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gubiti

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

    Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowbʰ-éye-ti, causative/iterative of the root *gʰewbʰ-. Compare *gỳbnǫti (to perish). Also cognate with *gъbnǫti (to bend). Other scholars reconstruct the PIE root differently; see discussion under Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúbtei.

    Verb

    *gubìti impf[1][2][3]

    1. to lose, to mislay
    2. to destroy, to wreck

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • *pogubiti
    • *zagubiti
    • *jьzgubiti
    • *gъbežь (bend, joint)
    • *gъbnǫti (to bend)
    • *gybati (to perish? to bend? to break?)
    • *gỳbnǫti (to perish)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: губити (gubiti) (accent paradigm c)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: hubit
      • Polabian: ďaibĕt
      • Polish: gubić
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: gùbic
        • Slovincian: gúbjic
      • Slovak: hubiť
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: hubić
        • Lower Sorbian: gubiś

    Further reading

    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “ги́бнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 186
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “губи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gubiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 166

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*gubìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 195:v. (c) ‘destroy’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gubiti: gubjǫ gubitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c ødelægge (SA 240, 259; PR 139)
    3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “gubīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:pslovan. *gubi̋ti