Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bryzgati

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.

Per ESSJa, likely of onomatopoeic origin, probably a dialectal variation of *brъzgati. A similar grade variation is observed in South-Central Slavic *prъskati : Northern Slavic *pryskati (“to spray”).

Morphologically equivalent of Proto-Slavic *brudъ (“mud, dirt”) / *brugъ (unattested) + *-skati, ultimately an extension of Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- (“to brew”).

*brỳzgati impf (perfective *bryzgnǫti)^[1][2]

1. to sprinkle, to spray, to splatter

   Synonyms: *prъskati, *pryskati

2. to flow viscously

• *brъzgati (0-grade)

• *brudъ (“mud, dirt”) (possibly)
• *břuzga (“slush”) (possibly)
• *bruzgati (“to charge, to commit, to take a risk”) (possibly)
• *bryzgъ, *bryzga (“mucus, foam”)
• *bryždžati (“to itch, to irritate”)
• *bryskati (“to bound”)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: бры́згаць (brýzhacʹ)
  • Russian: бры́згать (brýzgatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: бри́згати (brýzhaty), бри́зкати (brýzkaty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бри́ждя (bríždja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бри̏згати

    Latin script: brȉzgati

  • Slovene: brȋzgati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: brýzhati
  • Polish: bryzgać
  • Slovak: brýzgať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bryzgaś

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bryzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бриждя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 78