Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/baršina

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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorsinóm n, from *bʰors-i(H)n- (spike, prickle), from *bʰers- (top, tip, point). Cognate with Latin fārīna f (flour), which is from Proto-Italic *farsīnā.

Noun

*baršina n

  1. flour
  2. food, meal

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *baršina (o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *baršina *baršinai *baršināˀ
Accusative *baršina *baršinai *baršināˀ
Genitive *baršinā *baršināu(ˀ) *baršinōn
Locative *baršinai *baršināu(ˀ) *baršinaišu
Dative *baršinōi *baršinamā(ˀ) *baršinamas
Instrumental *baršinōˀ *baršinamāˀ *baršinōis
Vocative *baršina *baršinai *baršināˀ
  • *bar(š)- + *-ība
    • East Baltic:

Descendants

  • Proto-Slavic: *bȏršьno n (flour; food, meal) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȍršьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57:BSl. *bar-; PIE *bʰar-s-in-om
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “bariba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527:BSL *bar-(ṣ)-; PIE *bʰar-(e)s-