Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrdo

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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

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Descendants

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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; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), 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