Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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-Indo-European *bʰerh₃- (to hit with a sharp instrument) + *-do, whence also *boriti sę (to fight), and probably *borzda (furrow).

Cognate with Latvian birds (loom).

Usually compared with Germanic *burdą (board, plank; table), as if both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥h₃dʰo-.

Noun

*bьrdo n

  1. weaving comb, reed
  2. (by extension, South Slavic) hill, mountain

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

From Early Proto-Slavic *birda:

References

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “Proto-Slavic/bьrdo”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 204
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrdo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 164
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бердо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress