Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьnikъ

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 *boršьno (“flour”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*boršьnikъ m^[1]

container or place where the flour is

Declension

Declension of *boršьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*boršьnikъ	*boršьnika	*boršьnici
genitive	*boršьnika	*boršьniku	*boršьnikъ
dative	*boršьniku	*boršьnikoma	*boršьnikomъ
accusative	*boršьnikъ	*boršьnika	*boršьniky
instrumental	boršьnikъmь, boršьnikomь^*	*boršьnikoma	*boršьniky
locative	*boršьnicě	*boršьniku	*boršьnicěxъ
vocative	*boršьniče	*boršьnika	*boršьnici

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

Related terms

*boršьno (“flour; food, meal”)
- *boršьňa, *boršьna
- *boršьnьnъ
*bъrščь (“hogweed”)
*bъrъ (“foxtail millet”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *борошьникъ (*borošĭnikŭ)
  - Russian: бо́рошник (bórošnik) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - →? Old East Slavic: брашьникъ (brašĭnikŭ)
    - Middle Russian: брашникъ (brašnik), брашенникъ (brašennik)
- Bulgarian: брашни́к (brašník)
- Macedonian: брашник (brašnik), брашненик (brašnenik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: брашњи́к (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: brašnjík (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Czech: Brašník m (proper name) (< *boršьňa)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boršьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 211

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boršьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 211

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьnikъ

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