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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojьnъ

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

Formed as *bojь (fight) + *-ьnъ, from *bʰeyh₂- (to strike, hew).

Adjective

*bojьnъ

  1. military

Inflection

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂-‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: бойный (bojnyj) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: бойний (bojnyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бо́ен (bóen)
    • Macedonian: боен (boen)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бо̑јнӣ
      Latin script: bȏjnī
    • Slovene: bôjen
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bojný
      • Czech: bojný
    • Polish: bojny
    • Slovak: bojný

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 167
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