Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bigrъ

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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

Mostly limited to South Slavic. Mladenov, Skok compare it with Albanian bigorr (type of carstic formation) and consider Pre-Slavic origin, possibly from a paleo-Balkan substrate. Compare futher Lithuanian bìgas (tiny, crumbled), baikštas (timid).

Likely unrelated to dialectal Russian би́гать (bígatʹ, to dry out).

Noun

*bigrъ m

  1. limescale, chalk (calcareous material)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бигор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 46
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “bigar”, 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 147
  • Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бигать”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 175