Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojьnъ

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

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Etymology

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Formed as *bojь (fight) +‎ *-ьnъ, from *bʰeyh₂- (to strike, hew).

Adjective

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*bojьnъ

  1. military

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bojьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 167