Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brutъ
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]
- nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)
Declension
| 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.
Related terms
- *brukati
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: Church Slavonic: броутъ (brutŭ) (Serbian)
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ 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