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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bręčati

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 *brenzg-,[1] of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Thracian βρυνχός.

Verb

*bręčati

  1. to buzz

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • *bręčika

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: брѧчати (bręčati)
      • Russian: бренча́ть (brenčátʹ), бряча́ть (brjačátʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: бреньча́ти (brenʹčáty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: брѧчати (bręčati)
      Unspecified script:
    • Bulgarian: бръмча́ (brǎmčá)
    • Macedonian: бречи (breči), брмчи (brmči)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бре́чати
      Latin script: bréčati
    • Slovene: bréčati, brénčati
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: břečeti, brečeti, břenčeti, břinčeti
    • Polabian: brącĕ
    • Polish: brzęczeć
    • Slovak: brnčať, brenčať
    • Slovincian: brzãczec

References

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bręčati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 20
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бренча́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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