Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusьnica

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰrowḱ-. Baltic cognates include Latvian brūklene, Lithuanian brùknė.

Noun

*brusьnica f

  1. mountain cranberry, cowberry, red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Inflection

Declension of *brusьnica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *brusьnica *brusьnici *brusьnicę̇
genitive *brusьnicę̇ *brusьnicu *brusьnicь
dative *brusьnici *brusьnicama *brusьnicamъ
accusative *brusьnicǫ *brusьnici *brusьnicę̇
instrumental *brusьnicejǫ, *brusьnicǫ** *brusьnicama *brusьnicami
locative *brusьnici *brusьnicu *brusьnicasъ, *brusьnicaxъ*
vocative *brusьnice *brusьnici *brusьnicę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

  • *brusьnъ

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brusьnica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brusьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 51
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брусни́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.