Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bordy
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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
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardō or a calque to it: equivalent to *borda (“beard”) + *-y, literally “bearded (axe)”.
Noun
*bordy f (South Slavic)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bordy | *bordъvi | *bordъvi |
| genitive | *bordъve | *bordъvu | *bordъvъ |
| dative | *bordъvi | *bordъvьma, *bordъvama* | *bordъvьmъ, *bordъvamъ* |
| accusative | *bordъvь | *bordъvi | *bordъvi |
| instrumental | *bordъvьjǫ, *bordъvľǫ** | *bordъvьma, *bordъvama* | *bordъvьmi, *bordъvami* |
| locative | *bordъve | *bordъvu | *bordъvьxъ, *bordъvaxъ* |
| vocative | *bordy | *bordъvi | *bordъvi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *bordlo
- Czech: bradlo
- → Slovene: brȃdlja (tonal orthography)
- Czech: bradlo
Descendants
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bordy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 201
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “bradja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz pslovan. *bordlȍ”
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брадва”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 72