Etymograph

English

lubok

Lubok comes from Russian лубок ‘piece of bast’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘to peel, cut off, harm’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to peel, cut off, harm’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lowbʰ-ó-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*lubъ‘bast’reconstructed
  4. Russianmodernлуб‘the inner bark of a tree, bast’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernлубокlubok‘piece of bast’
  6. Englishtodaylubok

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to peel, cut off, harm’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lowbʰ-ó-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*lubъ‘bast’reconstructed
  4. Russianmodernлуб‘the inner bark of a tree, bast’
  5. Russian, derivedmodernлубокlubok‘piece of bast’
  6. Englishtodaylubok

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘to peel, cut off, harm’

love, left, believe, leave, library, belief, leaf, lodge, lobby, lib, loft, libel, libido, lob, liber, libretto, lief, luft, 16 more

Today it means

noun A Russian popular print, characterized by simple graphics and narratives derived from literature, religious stories and popular tales, traditionally used as decoration in houses and inns.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- / lubok

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