Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/baranъ

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.

Of uncertain non-Indo-European origin. Phonetically the best match is Old Turkic *baran (“walking, going”), from Proto-Turkic *baran (“one that goes”),^[1][2][3] but semantics are questionable (as well as the reason for borrowing such a common noun). If correct, one of very few Proto-Slavic loans from a Turkic language. Compare Albanian berr (“sheep”).

*baranъ m

1. ram (male sheep)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: баранъ (baranŭ), боранъ (boranŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: бара́нъ (barán), бора́нъ (borán)
      • Belarusian: бара́н (barán)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: бара́н (barán)
      • Ukrainian: бара́н (barán)
    • Russian: бара́н (barán); бора́н (borán) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̀ран

    Latin script: bàran

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: beran, baran
    • Czech: beran
  • Old Polish: baran
    • Polish: baran
    • Silesian: barōn
  • Old Slovak: baran
    • Pannonian Rusyn: баран (baran)
    • Slovak: baran
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: baran
    • Slovincian: barón, baran
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: boran
    • Lower Sorbian: baran

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: bárány

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*baranъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 155
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “баран”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress