dьlbiti

dьlbiti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `hollow, chisel'

Page in Trubačev: V 206

Russian:

dolbíti `hollow, chisel' [verb], dolbljú [1sg], dolbít [3sg]

Serbo-Croatian:

dúbiti `hollow, chisel' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: dʰlbʰ -

Page in Pokorny: 246

Comments: Verb in *-iti containing the zero grade of *dʰelbʰ- `dig'. Like Adams (1999: 738), I consider the etymological relationship with Toch. B tsälp- `free (from)' doubtful.

Other cognates:

OE delfan `dig' [verb]