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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bardā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.
Noun
*bordà f
- beard
- chin
Inflection
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: борода (boroda)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
References
- ^ EDSIL, page 55: “*bordà f. ā (c) ‘beard’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “borda bordy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c beard (NA 89, 140, 141; SA 24; PR 135, 138)”