Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrna

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *burˀnāˀ.

Noun

*bъrna f[1]

  1. snout

Inflection

Declension of *bъrna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bъrna *bъrně *bъrny
genitive *bъrny *bъrnu *bъrnъ
dative *bъrně *bъrnama *bъrnamъ
accusative *bъrnǫ *bъrně *bъrny
instrumental *bъrnojǫ, *bъrnǫ** *bъrnama *bъrnami
locative *bъrně *bъrnu *bъrnasъ, *bъrnaxъ*
vocative *bъrno *bъrně *bъrny

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бъ́рна (bǎ́rna, “lip”)
    • Macedonian: брна (brna, “nose-ring”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: брњица
      Latin script: brnjica
      Cyrillic script: брња
      Latin script: brnja
    • Slovene: bŕna (“animal mask”)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bъrna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “burna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
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