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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slabъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- (“to be weak, limp, languid”). Cognate with Latin lābor (“to slip, sink down”), labō (“to totter, waver”).

Adjective

*slàbъ

  1. weak

Declension

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 452
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сла́бый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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