Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bedro

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-Balto-Slavic *bedra, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰróm. Has been compared to Old Armenian պորտ (port).

Noun

*bedrò or *bȅdro n^[1]^[2]

thigh

Inflection

Declension of *bedrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bedrò	*bèdrě	*bedrà
genitive	*bedrà	*bedrù	*bèdrъ
dative	*bedrù	*bedròma	*bedròmъ
accusative	*bedrò	*bèdrě	*bedrà
instrumental	bedrъ̀mь, bedròmь^*	*bedròma	*bèdry
locative	*bedrě̀	*bedrù	*bèdrěxъ
vocative	*bedrò	*bèdrě	*bedrà

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

Declension of *bȅdro (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȅdro	*bȅdrě	*bedrà
genitive	*bȅdra	*bedrù	*bèdrъ
dative	*bȅdru	*bedromà	*bedròmъ
accusative	*bȅdro	*bȅdrě	*bedrà
instrumental	bȅdrъmь, bȅdromь^*	*bedromà	*bedrý
locative	*bȅdrě	*bedrù	*bedrě̃xъ
vocative	*bedro	*bȅdrě	*bedrà

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

Alternative forms

*bedrà

Derived terms

*bedratъ
*bedrenica
*bedrenikъ
*bedrenьcь
*bedrьce
*bedrьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Middle Belarusian: бедро (bedro)
  - Belarusian: бядро́ (bjadró)
- Russian: бедро́ (bedró)
- Ukrainian: бедро́ (bedró)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бедро́ (bedró)
- Macedonian: бе́дро (bédro)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бѐдро
  
  Latin script: bèdro
- Slovene: bédro (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bedro
  - Czech: bedra pl
- Kashubian: biodro, wiodro
- Old Polish: biodro, biodra
  - Polish: biodro, biedro (Kuyavia, Far Masovian, Podlachia, Western Lublin, Podhale), biedra (Kuyavia, Biecz, Western Lublin), biodra (Middle Polish, Near Masovian)
  - Silesian: biedro, biedra, bjedro (Steuer's Silesian Alphabet)
- Slovak: bedro
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bjedro
  - Lower Sorbian: b́edro (archaic)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bedrò; *bedrà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35: “n. o; f. ā (b) ‘thigh’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bedra -y”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c lår (PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bedrò; *bedrà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35: “n. o; f. ā (b) ‘thigh’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “bedra -y”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c lår (PR 138)”

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