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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bedrьnьcь
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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
Alternative reconstructions
- *bъdrьnьcь (Brückner, Goląb)
Etymology
By surface analysis, *bedrьnъ, *bedrenъ + *-ьcь. Exact meaning disputed:
- Trubačev, Holub & Kopečný: Ablauted from Proto-Slavic *bosti (“to prick”) (e-grade attested in Baltic) in reference to the pungent or tonic properties of the plant.
- Miklošič, Machek: From Proto-Slavic *bedro (“thigh”) due to some medicinal use for the legs or childbirth. Origin-wise, probably identical to the above etymology.
- Brückner, Goląb, Vasmer: From Proto-Slavic *bъdrъ (“cheerful, awake”) via metaphony, like in Russian ме́дленный (médlennyj) from Proto-Slavic *mъdьlьnъ. Phonetically dubious.
- Lunt: From otherwise lost Proto-Slavic *bedrъ (“healthful, beneficial”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰe(n)d- (“to improve”).
- Perhaps a distortion of Medieval Latin pipernella, pibinella, bipinella, a word with many variants among which: Old High German bibinella, German Bibernelle and ultimately English pimpernel.
Alternative forms
- *bedrenьcь
- *bedrьnikъ, *bedrenikъ m
- *bedrьnica, *bedrenica, *bedrenika f
Declension
Declension of *bedrьnьcь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bedrьnьcь | *bedrьnьca | *bedrьnьci |
| genitive | *bedrьnьca | *bedrьnьcu | *bedrьnьcь |
| dative | *bedrьnьcu | *bedrьnьcema | *bedrьnьcemъ |
| accusative | *bedrьnьcь | *bedrьnьca | *bedrьnьcę̇ |
| instrumental | *bedrьnьcьmь, *bedrьnьcemь* | *bedrьnьcema | *bedrьnьci |
| locative | *bedrьnьci | *bedrьnьcu | *bedrьnьcixъ |
| vocative | *bedrьnьče | *bedrьnьca | *bedrьnьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- (probably) *bedruna, *bedrunъka, *bedrunica (“lady bug”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бядры́нец (bjadrýnjec), dialectally ядры́нец (jadrýnjec)
- Russian: бе́дрене́ц (bédrenéc), бедрине́ц (bedrinéc), бедря́нец (bedrjánec); бе́дренецъ (bédrenec), бедрене́цъ (bedrenéc), бедрине́цъ (bedrinéc), бедря́нецъ (bedrjánec)
- Ukrainian: бедри́нець (bedrýnecʹ), бедрене́ць (bedrenécʹ), бедріне́ць (bedrinécʹ), бедри́ч (bedrýč), бедре́ник (bedrényk), бедрець (bedrecʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бедреница (bedrenica)
- Macedonian: бедреница (bedrenica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: бе̏дринац, бедрѐника, бедреник, бедренац, бедрица, бедрница, бедриница, бедраница, бедреника
- Latin script: bȅdrinac, bedrènika, bedrenik, bedrenac, bedrica, bedrnica, bedrinica, bedranica, bedrenika
- Slovene: bedrẹ̑nəc (tonal orthography), recorded also bedrȋnec, bẹ́drenik, bẹ́drnik
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bedrník, vedrník
- Czech: bedrník
- Old Polish: biedrzeniec, biedrnik, wiedrzeniec, wiedrzan
- Polish: biedrzeniec
- Slovak: bedrovník, older bederník
- Old Czech: bedrník, vedrník
Further reading
- Anikin, A. E. (2009) “бедрене́ц”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 32
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bedrьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 176
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бедрене́ц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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