drevo

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

drevo n

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

• Slovak: drevo

• 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

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

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

drȇvo n (Cyrillic spelling дре̑во)

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

• drevje

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛvɔ/

drevo n

1. tree

   Synonym: strom

2. wood

• “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, 2003–2024

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

• IPA^(key): /drɛʋóː/

drevọ̑ n

1. tree

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

• “drevo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

drevo

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

• vorde, vredo