Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/břuxo

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brauša n, *braušas m, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewsom n, *bʰrewsos m, from *bʰrews-. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *brusū.

Noun

*břȗxo n

1. belly

Inflection

Declension of *břȗxo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*břȗxo	*břȗśě	*břuxà
genitive	*břȗxa	*břuxù	*břũxъ
dative	*břȗxu	*břuxomà	*břuxòmъ
accusative	*břȗxo	*břȗśě	*břuxà
instrumental	*břȗxъmь, *břȗxomь*	*břuxomà	*břuxý
locative	*břȗśě	*břuxù	*břuśě̃xъ
vocative	*břuxo	*břȗśě	*břuxà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

• *břȗxъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: брюхо n (brjuxo), брюхъ m (brjuxŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: брухо (bruxo), брюхо (brjuxo)
      • Belarusian: бру́ха (brúxa)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: бріх (brix)
      • Ukrainian: бру́хо (brúxo)
    • Russian: брю́хо (brjúxo)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: břuch m, břucho n
    • Czech: břich m, břicho n
  • Old Polish: brzuch, brzucho
    • Polish: brzuch
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: brzëch
    • Slovincian: brzëch
  • Slovak: brucho
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: brjuch
    • Upper Sorbian: brjuch

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*br'uxo/*br'uxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 33
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брюхо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress