Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bebrъkъ

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

Alternative forms

*bobrъkъ^[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrukas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰru-kos, from *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”), from *bʰerH- (“brown”). By surface analysis, *bèbrъ +‎ *-ъkъ (or equivalently *bebrъ (u-stem) +‎ *-kъ).

Cognate with Sanskrit बभ्रुकः (babhrukaḥ, “ichneumon”), Thracian *bebruk- (“beaver”), from which Ancient Greek Βέβρυκες (Bébrukes).^[2]

Noun

*bebrъkъ m^[3]

diminutive of *bèbrъ (“beaver”): beaverkin, little beaver

Declension

Declension of *bebrъkъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bebrъkъ	*bebrъka	*bebrъci
genitive	*bebrъka	*bebrъku	*bebrъkъ
dative	*bebrъku	*bebrъkoma	*bebrъkomъ
accusative	*bebrъkъ	*bebrъka	*bebrъky
instrumental	bebrъkъmь, bebrъkomь^*	*bebrъkoma	*bebrъky
locative	*bebrъcě	*bebrъku	*bebrъcěxъ
vocative	*bebrъče	*bebrъka	*bebrъci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Novgorodian: бебръке (bebrŭke, “little beaver”)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: běbrk (“beaverkin”)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 146
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 146
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bebrъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 175

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 146

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 146

[3] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bebrъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 175

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