Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brězgъ

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.

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to rot, to stink”) + *-zgъ. Possibly akin to Norwegian brisk (“bitter”), English brisk (“fizzy”).

Parallel to this term, there are also Proto-Slavic *brěčь (“resin, pitch”), Proto-Slavic *briskъ (“drop, shred, slice”), Proto-Slavic *břuxъ (“blister”). It is safe to assume all of these terms ultimately represent various resultant extensions of Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to process, to carry out”).

*brězgъ m

1. tar taste

• *braga (“must, yeast”)
• *brězgati (“to burst, to decompose”).

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: бреск (bresk, “bitterness”) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: břesk
  • Polish: brzazg

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brězgъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 18

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brēˀsgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to brighten”) + *-zgъ. Cognate with Lithuanian brė́kšta (“dawn”).

Parallel to Proto-Slavic *brěskъ (“bloom, shine”).

*brězgъ m^[1]

1. dawn, daybreak

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: брѣзгъ (brězgŭ)
    • Russian: брезг (brezg) (colloquial, dialectal)
      • ⇒ Russian: бре́зжить (brézžitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пробрѣзгъ (probrězgŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱁⰱⱃⱑⰸⰳⱏ (pobrězgŭ)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: břězk
    • Early Modern Czech: břesk
      • Czech: rozbřesk
  • Old Polish: brzazg
    • Polish: brzask

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брезг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brězgъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 19