Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrъ

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

Of uncertain origin. See also Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”).

Noun

*bъrъ m

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Inflection

Declension of *bъrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъrъ	*bъra	*bъri
genitive	*bъra	*bъru	*bъrъ
dative	*bъru	*bъroma	*bъromъ
accusative	*bъrъ	*bъra	*bъry
instrumental	*bъrъmь, *bъromь*	*bъroma	*bъry
locative	*bъrě	*bъru	*bъrěxъ
vocative	*bъre	*bъra	*bъri

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

Related terms

• *boršьno (“flour; food, meal”)
  • *boršьňa, *boršьna
  • *boršьnikъ
  • *boršьnьnъ
• *bъrščь (“hogweed”)

Derived terms

• *bъrěnъ
• *bъrica (“wild foxtail millet, Setaria viridis”)
• *bъrikъ, *bъrika

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
    • Russian: бор (bor)
    • Ukrainian: бор (bor)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бъръ (bŭrŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⱃⱏ (bŭrŭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̑р

    Latin script: bȃr

  • Slovene: bȃr, dialectally ber and bȋr
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ber
    • Czech: bér
  • Old Polish: ber
    • Polish: ber
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: ber
    • Upper Sorbian: ber, bor

• Non-Slavic:
  • ⇒ Hungarian: + köles = borköles, + mohar = bormohar

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 134