Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brečьka

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 earlier **brekъ + *-ьka. Usually believed to be borrowing from Celtic, compare Welsh brag, but on the basis of the Old Irish mraich, the Proto-Celtic *mrakis (“malt”) is reconstructed, which makes consonant and vowel problematic, and Celtic borrowings in Slavic are generally controversial. Šewc finds borrowing problematic; he derives it from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-k- (“to boil”) (compare *bʰrewh₁-) and compares it with Armenian բրակ (brak, “spicy, sour, cruel”). See also *braga.

Noun

*brečьka f[1] (West and South Slavic)

  1. (brewing, distilling) wort
  2. malt beer
  3. tree sap

Declension

Declension of *brečьka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *brečьka *brečьcě *brečьky
genitive *brečьky *brečьku *brečьkъ
dative *brečьcě *brečьkama *brečьkamъ
accusative *brečьkǫ *brečьcě *brečьky
instrumental *brečьkojǫ, *brečьkǫ** *brečьkama *brečьkami
locative *brečьcě *brečьku *brečьkasъ, *brečьkaxъ*
vocative *brečьko *brečьcě *brečьky

* -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).

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: brẹ́čka (obsolete) (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “brečьka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 365

Further reading

  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “brzeczka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “brzeczka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 84, page 1
  • Jiří Rejzek (2007) “břečka”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 92
  • Václav Machek (1968) “břečka”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 71
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016) “brečka”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 80
  • Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1978) “os. brěčka”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 2 (bohužel – čumpać), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 62
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