Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьňa

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 reconstructions

*boršьna

Etymology

From *boršьno (“flour”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*boršьňa f^[1]^[2]^[3]

(originally) food for the journey (from flour, such as bread)
satchel, bag (originally for food)

Inflection

Declension of *boršьňa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*boršьňa	*boršьňi	*boršьňę̇
genitive	*boršьňę̇	*boršьňu	*boršьňь
dative	*boršьňī	*boršьňama	*boršьňāmъ
accusative	*boršьňǫ	*boršьňi	*boršьňę̇
instrumental	boršьňējǫ, boršьňǭ^*	*boršьňama	*boršьňāmī
locative	*boršьňī	*boršьňu	*boršьňāsъ
vocative	*boršьňe	*boršьňi	*boršьňę̇

^* 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).

Related terms

*boršьno (“flour; food, meal”)
- *boršьnikъ
- *boršьnьnъ
*bъrščь (“hogweed”)
*bъrъ (“foxtail millet”)
- *bъrěnъ
- *bъrica
- *bъrikъ, *bъrika

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *борошнꙗ (*borošnja), *борошна (*borošna)
  - Russian: (dialectal) бо́ро́шня́ (bóróšnjá), бо́ро́шна (bóróšna, “basket”)
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic: борошень (borošenĭ, “belongings, things for the road”)
    - Middle Russian: бо́рошень (bórošenʹ), бо́рошенъ (bórošen)
      - Russian: (dialectal) бо́ро́ше́нь (bóróšénʹ), бо́рышень (bóryšenʹ)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: brášnja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: brašna (“bag”)
  - Czech: brašna, (dialectal) brachňa (“basket”)

References

^ Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бо́рошна”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 93: “прасл. *boršьna/*boršьn’a ― prasl. *boršʹna/*boršʹn’a”
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boršьn'a”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 211
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “boršьna : boršьn'a”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 330

[1] Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бо́рошна”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 93: “прасл. *boršьna/*boršьn’a ― prasl. *boršʹna/*boršʹn’a”

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boršьn'a”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 211

[3] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “boršьna : boršьn'a”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 330

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