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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brękati

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 *brękъ + *-ati.

Verb

*brękati[1]

  1. to clatter, to clang, to buzz

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бры́нкаць (brýnkacʹ)
    • Russian: бря́кать (brjákatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: брякати (brjakaty) (obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: брънкам (brǎnkam) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: брекати
      Latin script: brekati
    • Slovene: brę̑kati, brę̑nkati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: břinkati
      • Czech: břinkat, brnkat, brňkat, břonkat
    • Polish: brzękać, brząkać
    • Slovak: brinkať, brnkať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bŕakaś

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brękati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 22
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