Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bolzina

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 *balźeinas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell, to bulge”). Cognate with Latvian bàlziêns (“cross-beam”), Lithuanian balži̇́enas (“cross-beam”), Old Prussian balsinis (“cushion”), pobalso (“bolster”).

Noun

*bolzìna f[1][2]

  1. beam, board (used for support)
    Synonyms: *dъska, *gręda
  2. (figurative) cushion, pillow

Inflection

Declension of *bolzìna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bolzìna *bolzině *bolziny
genitive *bolziny *bolzinu *bolzinъ
dative *bolzině *bolzinama *bolzinamъ
accusative *bolzinǫ *bolzině *bolziny
instrumental *bolzinojǫ, *bolzinǫ** *bolzinama *bolzinami
locative *bolzině *bolzinu *bolzinasъ, *bolzinaxъ*
vocative *bolzìno *bolzině *bolziny

* -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).

  • *bolzьno, *bolzьmo (“supporting board”)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бла̀зина
      Latin script: blàzina
    • Slovene: blazína

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bolzina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 183

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bolzìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54: “f. ā ‘beam’”
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “blazina”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “pslovan. *bolzi̋na”
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