drevo

See also: dřevo and dřěvo

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȇrvo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dérwa, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. First attested in 1473.

Noun

drevo n

1. tree (large woody plant)
2. wood (a mass of tree trunks and branches or a single piece thereof)

Descendants

• Slovak: drevo

References

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “drevo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dȑvo (Standard)
• drijȇvo (Ijekavian)
• drȋvo (Ikavian, Chakavian)

Etymology

Ekavian reflex of earlier *drěvo, by liquid metathesis from Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

drȇvo n (Cyrillic spelling дре̑во)

1. (Ekavian, Kajkavian) wood, lumber, tree

Related terms

• drevje

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak drevo, from Proto-Slavic *dervo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛvɔ/

Noun

drevo n (genitive singular dreva, nominative plural drevá, genitive plural driev, declension pattern of mesto)

1. tree, wood

Declension

Declension of drevo

	singular	plural
nominative	drevo	drevá
genitive	dreva	driev
dative	drevu	drevám
accusative	drevo	drevá
locative	dreve	drevách
instrumental	drevom	drevami

Further reading

• “drevo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Drevesa brez listov - Trees without leaves

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dervo, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɛʋóː/

Noun

drevọ̑ n

1. tree

Inflection

Declension of drevo (neuter, s-stem)
nom. sing.	drevo
gen. sing.	drevesa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	drevo	drevesi	drevesa
accusative	drevo	drevesi	drevesa
genitive	drevesa	dreves	dreves
dative	drevesu	drevesoma	drevesom
locative	drevesu	drevesih	drevesih
instrumental	drevesom	drevesoma	drevesi

Further reading

• “drevo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Verb

drevo

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of driva

Anagrams

• vorde, vredo