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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bronъ

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-Indo-European *bʰrodʰ-no-. Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, pale red, ruddy, yelowish, bay).

Adjective

*bronъ

  1. white, greyish (of horses)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *broněti (to outshine, to black out)
  • *broniti (to darken)
  • *bronь (white-spotted horse)

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бронии (bronii), бронꙑи (bronyi, white, grey, dun)
      • Belarusian: броный (brónyj)
      • Russian: броный (bronyj)
      • Ukrainian: броний (bronyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: бронъ (bronŭ, white) (Croatian rendition)
    • Bulgarian: брон (bron)
    • Macedonian: брони (broni)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: брони
      Latin script: bronī
    • Slovene: bron
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bronъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 64
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bronъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 41
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