Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brěskъ

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 *bʰreh₁ḱ- (“to brighten”) + *-skъ. Cognate with Lithuanian brė́kšta (“dawn”).

Parallel to Proto-Slavic *brězgъ (“dawn, daybreak”). Compare also Proto-Slavic *blěskъ (“shining, glimmer”)

Noun

*brěskъ m[1]

  1. bloom, shine
  2. dawnlight

Inflection

Declension of *brěskъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *brěskъ *brěska *brěsci
genitive *brěska *brěsku *brěskъ
dative *brěsku *brěskoma *brěskomъ
accusative *brěskъ *brěska *brěsky
instrumental *brěskъmь, *brěskomь* *brěskoma *brěsky
locative *brěscě *brěsku *brěscěxъ
vocative *brěšče *brěska *brěsci

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

Derived terms

  • *brěskati (“to shine”)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: brẹ̑sk
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brěskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 17

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brězgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61
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