sъdòrvъ

sъdòrvъ Grammatical information: adj. o Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `healthy'

Old Church Slavic:

sъdravъ `healthy' [adj o]

Russian:

zdoróvyj `healthy' [adj o];

zdoróv `healthy' [adj o], zdorová [Nomsf], zdorovó [Nomsn] \{1\}

Old Russian:

zdorovъ `healthy' [adj o];

storovъ (Novg.) `healthy' [adj o]

Czech:

zdravý `healthy' [adj o]

Slovak:

zdravý `healthy' [adj o]

Polish:

zdrowy `healthy' [adj o]

Old Polish:

strowy (Gn.) `healthy' [adj o]

Upper Sorbian:

strowy `healthy' [adj o]

Lower Sorbian:

strowy `healthy' [adj o]

Serbo-Croatian:

zdrȁv `healthy' [adj o];

Čak. zdrå̃v `healthy' [adj o], zdrȁva [Nomsf], zdravȁ [Nomsf];

Čak. zdrãf `healthy' [adj o], zdrȁva [Nomsf], zdrȁvo [Nomsn]

Slovene:

zdràv `healthy' [adj o], zdráva [Nomsf]

Bulgarian:

zdrav `healthy' [adj o]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁su-dʰor-uo-

Comments: A reconstruction *h₁su-dor(H)uo- - with the root of *dervo - would leave us with the problem why Winter's law did not affect the first member of the compound, cf. Lith. sū́drus `thick, dense'. It seems to me that Meillet's etymology (1902-1905: 364), according to which *sъdravъ is cognate with Skt. dhruvá- `firm, solid' and Av. druua- `in good health' is preferable. To explain the prosodic characteristics of the noun one could posit a seṭ variant *dʰorH- (cf. Le Feuvre 2006: 240-241), but this is not necessary, as *sъdòrvъ may originate from *sъ̀dorvъ as a result of Dybo's law, cf. Ru. ogoród `kitchen-garden'.

Other cognates:

Skt. dhruvá- `fixed, firm' [adj];

Av. druua- `healthy' [adj]

Notes:

\{1\} AP (a) in Old Russian (Zaliznjak 1985: 133).