Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borkъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *bьrati (to take) +‎ *-kъ.

Noun edit

*bȏrkъ m[1]

  1. marriage

Inflection edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

See also edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: бракъ (brakŭ)
    • Bulgarian: брак (brak)
    • Macedonian: брак (brak)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бра̑к
      Latin script: brȃk
    • Slovene: brákovica

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “брак”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 107
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 160
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брак¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 73

References edit

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?borkъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c bryllup (PR 137)