Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borъ

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *barús, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (“coniferous forest”). Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *barwaz.

Noun

*bȍrъ m[1][2]

  1. pine tree
Inflection
Declension of *bȍrъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *bȍrъ *bȍry *bȍrove
genitive *bȍru *borovù *boròvъ
dative *bȍrovi *borъmà *bȍrъmъ
accusative *bȍrъ *bȍry *bȍry
instrumental *bȍrъmь *borъmà *borъmì
locative *ború *borovù *bȍrъxъ
vocative *boru *bȍry *bȍrove
Derived terms
  • *borovъ (“made, composed of pines”)
  • *borьje (“pine forest”)
  • *borovina (“bilberry”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian:
        • Middle Belarusian: боръ (bor)
        • Middle Ukrainian: бѡръ (bôr), буръ (bur)
      • Russian: бор (bor)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бор (bor)
    • Macedonian: бор (bor)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бо̑р
      Latin script: bȏr
    • Slovene: bȯ̑r (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 216
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

From the O-grade ablaut of *bьrati (“to pick up, to collect”), a descendant Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, to collect”). The etymon on its own is attested only sporadically, however, its derivatives are widespread.

Noun

*borъ m

  1. set, assembly
    Synonym: *brojь, *mъnogъ
  2. loot
    Synonym: *koristь
Inflection
Declension of *borъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *borъ *bora *bori
genitive *bora *boru *borъ
dative *boru *boroma *boromъ
accusative *borъ *bora *bory
instrumental *borъmь, *boromь* *boroma *bory
locative *borě *boru *borěxъ
vocative *bore *bora *bori

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

Derived terms
  • *jьzborъ, *vyborъ (“choice”)
  • *naborъ (“class, fold”)
  • *orzborъ (“distribution”)
  • *otъborъ (“team, committee”)
  • *podъborъ (“selection”)
  • *priborъ (“utensil”)
  • *sъborъ (“collection, assembly, word”)
    • *sъborьnъ (“composite, compound”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бор (bor) (archaic)
    • Serbo-Croatian: бор (archaic)
Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 218

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58: “m. u (c) ‘pine-tree, pine forest’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “borъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c fyrreskov (PR 137)”
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