Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrtь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *búrˀtis, *búrˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, to drill”) + *-tь. Cognate with Latvian burts (“letter, mark”), Lithuanian bùrtas (“lot”), bùrtis (“sign”). Further related to Latin forāmen (“opening”).

Noun

*bъrtь f

carving, delving (in a tree)
hive of wild bees

Alternative forms

*bъrtъ (o-stem)

Declension

Declension of *bъrtь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъrtь	*bъrti	*bъrti
genitive	*bъrti	bъrtьju, bъrťu^*	bъrtьjь, bъrti^*
dative	*bъrti	*bъrtьma	*bъrtьmъ
accusative	*bъrtь	*bъrti	*bъrti
instrumental	bъrtьjǫ, bъrťǫ^*	*bъrtьma	*bъrtьmi
locative	*bъrti	bъrtьju, bъrťu^*	*bъrtьxъ
vocative	*bъrti	*bъrti	*bъrti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

*bъrtiti (“to delve, to carve (in tree)”)
*bъrtva (“tree hollow”)

Related terms

*bъrъ, *bъrica (“wild millet”)
*bъrna, *bъrla (“lip, ring”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бърть (bŭrtĭ), борть (bortĭ)
  - Belarusian: борть (bortʹ)
  - Russian: борть (bortʹ)
  - Ukrainian: борть (bortʹ)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: brt (possibly via Czech)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: brt f
  - Czech: brť
- Kashubian: barc
- Old Polish: barć
  - Polish: barć
- Slovak: brt

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bъrtь; *bъrtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69: “f. i; m. o ‘hive of wild bees’”