Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brosky

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 Latin brassica (in Vulgar Latin bearing the form brasca). Not to be confused with the forms under German Wruke (neep, rutabaga) or Proto-Slavic *bersky (peach).

Noun

*brosky f

  1. neep, rutabaga

Declension

Declension of *brosky (hard v-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *brosky *broskъvi *broskъvi
genitive *broskъve *broskъvu *broskъvъ
dative *broskъvi *broskъvьma, *broskъvama* *broskъvьmъ, *broskъvamъ*
accusative *broskъvь *broskъvi *broskъvi
instrumental *broskъvьjǫ, *broskъvľǫ** *broskъvьma, *broskъvama* *broskъvьmi, *broskъvami*
locative *broskъve *broskъvu *broskъvьxъ, *broskъvaxъ*
vocative *brosky *broskъvi *broskъvi

* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бро̏сква
      Latin script: brȍskva
      • Romanian: broșbă, brozbă, brojbă, broașbă, broazbă, (Banat word) broajbă
    • Slovene: bróskəv, brȏskva
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пра̀скова”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 603
  • Miklosich, Franz (1886) “*brosky”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 22b
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*brosky”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 388