Etymograph

English

Horobets

Horobets comes from Ukrainian горобець ‘sparrow’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *vorbь.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*vorbьas *vorbьcь‘sparrow’reconstructed
  2. Middle Ukrainianmodernворобе́цъ
  3. Ukrainianmodernгоробецьhorobecʹ‘sparrow’
  4. EnglishtodayHorobets

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*vorbьas *vorbьcь‘sparrow’reconstructed
  2. Middle Ukrainianmodernворобе́цъ
  3. Ukrainianmodernгоробецьhorobecʹ‘sparrow’
  4. EnglishtodayHorobets

Today it means

name A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Горобец (Horobec).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *vorbь / Horobets