Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brutъ

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 *bruktъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brauktas, from *brauktei with depalatalization, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewḱ-.

Cognate with Lithuanian braũktas, Latvian braukts.

Noun

*brutъ m[1]

  1. nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)

Declension

Declension of *brutъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *brutъ *bruta *bruti
genitive *bruta *brutu *brutъ
dative *brutu *brutoma *brutomъ
accusative *brutъ *bruta *bruty
instrumental *brutъmь, *brutomь* *brutoma *bruty
locative *brutě *brutu *brutěxъ
vocative *brute *bruta *bruti

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

  • *brukati

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: Church Slavonic: броутъ (brutŭ) (Serbian)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brutъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64:m. o ‘nail’

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bru(k)tъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 53