Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bry

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 *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

    Noun

    *bry̑ f[1]

    1. eyebrow

    Declension

    Declension of *bry̑ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bry̑ *brъ̏vi *brъ̏vi
    genitive *brъ̏ve *brъvù *brъ̀vъ
    dative *brъ̏vi *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* *brъ̏vьmъ, *brъ̏vamъ*
    accusative *brъ̏vь *brъ̏vi *brъ̏vi
    instrumental *brъvьjǫ́ *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* *brъvьmì, *brъvamì*
    locative *brъ̏ve *brъvù *brъ̏vьxъ, *brъ̏vaxъ*
    vocative *bry̑ *brъ̏vi *brъ̏vi

    * -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.

    Derived terms

    • *brъvatъ
    • *brъvica
    • *brъvistъ
    • *brъvitъ
    • *brъvьje

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: бръвь (brŭvĭ)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Cyrillic: брꙑ (bry)
        Glagolitic: [Term?]
      • Bulgarian: бръв (brǎv) (dialectal), бъ́рва (bǎ́rva)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: бр̑в (13th c.) > о̏брва
        Latin: bȓv (13th c.) > ȍbrva
      • Slovene: obȓv (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bry”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 493–564

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bry”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
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