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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bornь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *barˀnís, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Equivalent to *borti (“to wrestle, to fight”) +‎ *-nь.

Noun

*bȏrnь f[1][2]

  1. resistance, standoff
  2. scuffle, battle

Declension
Declension of *bȏrnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *bȏrnь *bȏrni *bȏrni
genitive *borní *bornьjù, *borňu* *bornь̀jь
dative *bȏrni *bornьmà *bȏrnьmъ
accusative *bȏrnь *bȏrni *bȏrni
instrumental *bornьjǫ́ *bornьmà *bornьmì
locative *borní *bornьjù, *borňu* *bȏrnьxъ
vocative *borni *bȏrni *bȏrni
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms
  • *borniti (“to protect”)
  • *borniťь (“defender”)
  • *otъborna (“defense”)
  • *zaborna (“prohibition”)
  • *vъzborna (“interdict”)

Descendants
  • Old East Slavic: боронь (boronĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: braň
    • Kashubian: barń, barniô
    • Old Polish: broń, bronia
      • Polish: broń
      • Silesian: brōń
    • Slovak: bráň
    • Sorbian:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боронь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bornь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 208
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бран²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 73

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57: “f. i (c)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “bornь borni”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25; PR 138)”
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