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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvьno

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

*bry +‎ *-ьno with distant assimilation: *ъ-ь > *ь-ь; originally an adjective. Compare Icelandic brú and brún.

Noun

*brьvьnò n[1][2]

  1. beam

Declension
Declension of *brьvьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *brьvьnò *brьvь̀ně *brьvьnà
genitive *brьvьnà *brьvьnù *brьvь̀nъ
dative *brьvьnù *brьvьnòma *brьvьnòmъ
accusative *brьvьnò *brьvь̀ně *brьvьnà
instrumental *brьvьnъ̀mь, *brьvьnòmь* *brьvьnòma *brьvь̀ny
locative *brьvьně̀ *brьvьnù *brьvь̀něxъ
vocative *brьvьnò *brьvь̀ně *brьvьnà
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms
  • *brьvьnъ
  • *brьvьna

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бьрьвьно (bĭrĭvĭno)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: брьвьно (brĭvĭno)
    • Bulgarian: бръвно (brǎvno) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бр́вно
      Latin script: brvno
    • Slovene: bȓvno
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: břevno
    • Old Polish: biermo, birwno, birzmno, birzmo, birzwno
      • ⇒ Old Polish: birzwienko (diminutive)
        • Polish: bierzwionko (dialectal)
    • Slovak: brvno

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьvьno/*brьvьnъ/*brьvьna II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 72
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бревно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brьvьnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 67: “n. o (b) ‘beam’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “bьrvьno -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 149; PR 135)”
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