Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bry

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-Balto-Slavic *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Noun

*bry̑ f

1. eyebrow

Declension

Declension of *bry̑ (v-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bry̑	*brъ̏vi	*brъ̏vi
genitive	*brъ̏ve	*brъvù	*brъ̀vъ
dative	*brъ̏vi	*brъvьmà, *brъvàma*	*brъ̏vьmъ, *brъ̏vamъ*
accusative	*brъ̏vь	*brъ̏vi	*brъ̏vi
instrumental	*brъvьjǫ́	*brъvьmà, *brъvàma*	*brъvьmì, *brъvamì*
locative	*brъ̏ve	*brъvù	*brъ̏vьxъ, *brъ̏vaxъ*
vocative	*bry̑	*brъ̏vi	*brъ̏vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.

Derived terms

• *brъvatъ
• *brъvica
• *brъvistъ
• *brъvitъ
• *brъvьje

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бръвь (brŭvĭ)
    • Belarusian: брыво́ (bryvó)
    • Russian: бровь (brovʹ)
    • Ukrainian: брова́ (brová)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: брꙑ (bry)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: бръв (brǎv) (dialectal), бърва (bǎrva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бр̑в (13th c.) > о̏брва

    Latin: bȓv (13th c.) > ȍbrva

  • Slovene: obȓv (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: brev
    • Czech: brva
  • Polabian: bråvoi pl
  • Old Polish: brew
    • Polish: brew
  • Slovak: brva
  • Pomerian:
    • Kashubian: brëwiô
    • Slovincian: brëwjé

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bry”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 493–564