Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъdьňa

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

Likely borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *budinu (“tub, barrel”), itself from Latin butina, which in turn is from Ancient Greek πῡτῑ́νη (pūtī́nē). Per Trubachev, of native origin from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to bulge”) (possibly Proto-Indo-European *bewd- (“to swell”), akin to Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”)) is also plausible.

Noun

*bъdьňa f

1. tub, cask (vessel for storing things)

Alternative forms

• *bъdьňь m (in South Slavic)

Declension

Declension of *bъdьňa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъdьňa	*bъdьňi	*bъdьňę̇
genitive	*bъdьňę̇	*bъdьňu	*bъdьňь
dative	*bъdьňi	*bъdьňama	*bъdьňamъ
accusative	*bъdьňǫ	*bъdьňi	*bъdьňę̇
instrumental	*bъdьňejǫ, *bъdьňǫ**	*bъdьňama	*bъdьňami
locative	*bъdьňi	*bъdьňu	*bъdьňasъ, *bъdьňaxъ*
vocative	*bъdьňe	*bъdьňi	*bъdьňę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *bъčьka (“vat, barrel”)
• *bъčьva (“vat, barrel”)

Derived terms

• *bъdьnařь (“cask maker”)
• *bъdьnę (diminutive)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *бъдьнꙗ (*bŭdĭnja)
    • Old Ruthenian: боднꙗ (bodnja)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: бо́дня (bódnja)
      • Ukrainian: бо́дня (bódnja)
        • → Russian: бо́дня (bódnja)
        • → Polish: bodnia
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бъдне́ (bǎdné), бъдъ́н (bǎdǎ́n)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ба̀дањ

    Latin script: bàdanj

  • Slovene: bədə̀nj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bedna
  • Polish: bednia
  • Slovak: debna, debnár, debniť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бодня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъdьna/*bъdьnо/*bъdьnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 113
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъдне”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 97

References

• Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff, The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic (2013, →ISBN: PSl. *bъdьnja 'tub' (f. jā-stem); *bъdьnjь 'idem' (m. jo-stem)