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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
*burьjanъ m
- weed
Declension
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*burьjanъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
- Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бурья́н I”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 198
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бур'ян”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “бур'я́н”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бурья́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress