Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/brā́ˀtē

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun edit

*brā́ˀtē m[1][2]

  1. brother

Inflection edit

Fixed accent.

Declension of *brā́ˀtē (r-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *brā́ˀtē *brā́ˀtere *brā́ˀteres
Accusative *brā́ˀterin *brā́ˀtere *brā́ˀterins
Genitive *brā́ˀteres *brā́ˀterauš *brā́ˀterōn
Locative *brā́ˀtere *brā́ˀterauš *brā́ˀteršu
Dative *brā́ˀterei *brā́ˀtermāˀ *brā́ˀtermas
Instrumental *brā́ˀtermi *brā́ˀtermāˀ *brā́ˀtermīš
Vocative *brā́ˀte *brā́ˀtere *brā́ˀteres

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: bruoļs
    • Latvian: brãlis
    • Lithuanian: brólis
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *bràtrъ, *bràtъ (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bràtrъ; *bràtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 60: “*bráʔ-t(e)r-”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “brolis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 101: “*bráʔ-t(e)r-”