Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/barˀnís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From *bárˀtei (to fight; to quarrel), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to strike; to pierce).

Noun edit

*barˀnís f[1][2]

  1. fight, quarrel

Inflection edit

Declension of *barˀnís (i-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *barˀnís *bárˀnīˀ *bárˀnejes
Accusative *bárˀnin *bárˀnīˀ *bárˀnī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *barˀnéis *barˀnejáu *barˀnejṓn
Locative *barˀnḗiˀ *barˀnejáu *barˀníšu
Dative *bárˀnei *barˀnímā(ˀ) *barˀnímas
Instrumental *bárˀnīˀ (early forms) *barˀnímāˀ *barˀnímīˀs
Vocative *barˀnéi *bárˀnīˀ *bárˀnejes

Alternative reconstructions edit

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: bar̃nis, barnìs
  • Proto-Slavic: *bȏrnь (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 57:*bor-n-i-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “barnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81:*borʔnis