Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bebrъkъ

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bébrukas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰru-kos, from *bʰébʰrus (beaver), from *bʰerH- (brown). By surface analysis, *bèbrъ +‎ *-ъkъ (or equivalently *bebrъ (u-stem) +‎ *-kъ).

Cognate with Sanskrit बभ्रुकः (babhrukaḥ, ichneumon), Thracian *bebruk- (beaver), from which Ancient Greek Βέβρυκες (Bébrukes).

Noun

*bebrъkъ m

  1. diminutive of *bèbrъ (beaver): beaverkin, little beaver

Declension

Declension of *bebrъkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bebrъkъ *bebrъka *bebrъci
genitive *bebrъka *bebrъku *bebrъkъ
dative *bebrъku *bebrъkoma *bebrъkomъ
accusative *bebrъkъ *bebrъka *bebrъky
instrumental *bebrъkъmь, *bebrъkomь* *bebrъkoma *bebrъky
locative *bebrъcě *bebrъku *bebrъcěxъ
vocative *bebrъče *bebrъka *bebrъci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Novgorodian: бебръке (bebrŭke, little beaver)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: běbrk (beaverkin)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 146
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bobrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 146
  3. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bebrъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 175