Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusьnica
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrowḱ-. Baltic cognates include Latvian brūklene, Lithuanian brùknė.
Nomen
[edit]*brusьnica f
Inflection
[edit]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).
** 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brusьnica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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