Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baranъ

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

Of uncertain non-Indo-European origin. Phonetically the best match is Old Turkic *baran (“walking, going”), from Proto-Turkic *baran (“one that goes”),^[1]^[2]^[3] but semantics are questionable (as well as the reason for borrowing such a common noun). If correct, one of very few Proto-Slavic loans from a Turkic language. Compare Albanian berr (“sheep”).

Noun

*baranъ m

ram (male sheep)

Declension

Declension of *baranъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*baranъ	*barana	*barani
genitive	*barana	*baranu	*baranъ
dative	*baranu	*baranoma	*baranomъ
accusative	*baranъ	*barana	*barany
instrumental	baranъmь, baranomь^*	*baranoma	*barany
locative	*baraně	*baranu	*baraněxъ
vocative	*barane	*barana	*barani

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Derived terms (5)

*baranica
*baranina, *boranina
*baranь
*baranьcь
*baranovъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: баранъ (baranŭ), боранъ (boranŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: бара́нъ (barán), бора́нъ (borán)
    - Belarusian: бара́н (barán)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: бара́н (barán)
    - Ukrainian: бара́н (barán)
  - Russian: бара́н (barán); бора́н (borán) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ба̀ран
  
  Latin script: bàran
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: beran, baran
  - Czech: beran
- Old Polish: baran
  - Polish: baran
  - Silesian: barōn
- Old Slovak: baran
  - Pannonian Rusyn: баран (baran)
  - Slovak: baran
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: baran
  - Slovincian: barón, baran
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: boran
  - Lower Sorbian: baran

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: bárány

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baranъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 155
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баран”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “aita”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
^ The Slavonic Languages. (2003). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis
^ Gamkrelidze, T. V., Johanna, N., Jakobson, R., Ivanov, V. V. (2010). Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans: A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text. Part II: Bibliography, Indexes. Germany: De Gruyter, p. 500

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “aita”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[2] The Slavonic Languages. (2003). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis

[3] Gamkrelidze, T. V., Johanna, N., Jakobson, R., Ivanov, V. V. (2010). Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans: A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text. Part II: Bibliography, Indexes. Germany: De Gruyter, p. 500

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