bьbrъ

bebrъ; bobrъ; bьbrъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `beaver'

Page in Trubačev: I 174-175; II 145-146; III 159

Church Slavic:

bebrъ `beaver' [m o];

bobrъ `beaver' [m o]

Russian:

bobr `beaver' [m o], bobrá [Gens];

bobër `beaver (fur)' [m o], bobrá [Gens]

Old Russian:

bebrъ `beaver' [m o];

bobrъ `beaver' [m o];

bьbrъ `beaver' [m o]

Ukrainian:

bibr `beaver' [m o], bobrá [Gens]

Czech:

bobr `beaver' [m o]

Polish:

bóbr `beaver' [m o], bobra [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

dȁbar `beaver' [m o]

Slovene:

bóbǝr `beaver' [m o];

bébǝr `beaver' [m o]

Bulgarian:

bóbăr `beaver' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bebros

Lithuanian:

bẽbras `beaver' [m o] 2;

bebrùs `beaver' [m u] 4

Latvian:

bębrs `beaver' [m o]

Old Prussian:

bebrus (EV) `beaver' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰebʰrH-u- (bʰebʰrH-o-)

Comments: Possibly a derivative of the word for `brown', cf. Lith. bė́ras, with reduplication of the root. The fact that this etymon was not affected by the generalization of accentual mobility in the masculine o-stems points may be be accounted for by positing a u-stem.

Other cognates:

Skt. babhrú- `reddish brown' [adj];

Lat. fiber `beaver'

;

OHG bibar `beaver'

;

OE beofor `beaver'