Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьno

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *baršina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorsinóm n, from *bʰors-i(H)n- (“spike, prickle”), from *bʰers- (“top, tip, point”).

Cognate with Latvian barĩba (“food”), which is from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bar(š)-ība < *baršina; Latin fārīna f (“flour”), which is from Proto-Italic *farsīnā). Other cognates include Latin far n (“flour”), English barley, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (barizeins, “barley”, adjective), Old Norse barr m (“grain”), Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf”), Welsh bara (“bread”).

Noun

*bȏršьno n^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

flour
Synonym: *mǭkà
food, meal

Declension

Declension of *bȏršьno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȏršьno	*bȏršьně	*boršьnà
genitive	*bȏršьna	*boršьnù	*boršь̀nъ
dative	*bȏršьnu	*boršьnomà	*boršьnòmъ
accusative	*bȏršьno	*bȏršьně	*boršьnà
instrumental	bȏršьnъmь, bȏršьnomь^*	*boršьnomà	*boršьný
locative	*bȏršьně	*boršьnù	*boršьně̃xъ
vocative	*boršьno	*bȏršьně	*boršьnà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*bъrščь (“hogweed”)
*bъrъ (“foxtail millet”)

Derived terms

adjective

*boršьnьnъ

nouns

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: борошьно (borošĭno, “food (made with flour)”)
  - Old Ruthenian: бо́рошно (bórošno, “flour”)
    - Ukrainian: бо́рошно (bórošno, “flour”)
  - Russian: бо́рошно (bórošno, “rye flour”), борошня f (borošnja), брошно́ (brošnó) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: брашьно (brašĭno)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱃⰰⱎⱐⱀⱁ (brašĭno)
  - → Old East Slavic: брашьно (brašĭno), брашьна (brašĭna)
    - Old Ruthenian: бра́шно (brášno), бра́шна (brášna)
      - Ukrainian: бра́шно (brášno, “flour product”) (dialectal)
      - Carpathian Rusyn: бра́шно (brášno, “food; feed; feeding”) (obsolete)
    - Russian: бра́шно (brášno)
  - → Old Czech:
    - → Sorbian:
      - Lower Sorbian: brošma, brošna, brošno (obsolete)
      - Upper Sorbian: brošmo (dialectal)
- Bulgarian: брашно́ (brašnó), (dialectal) бра́шно (brášno), бра́шну (brášnu)
- Macedonian: брашно (brašno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бра̏шно, бра̏шњо (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: brȁšno, brȁšnjo (dialectal)
- Slovene: brášnọ, bréšnọ, brȃšnja f

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boršьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 212
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “boršьno”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 330
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȍršьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “n. o (c) ‘flour, food’”
^ Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бо́рошно”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 94: “прасл. *boršьno ― prasl. *boršʹno”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “boršьno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c mel (PR 138)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “brášno”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*bȏršьno”
^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брашно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 75: “Праслав. *bhoršьno ― Praslav. *bhoršʹno”
^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “борошно”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 234: “псл. *borxьno<*borsьno ― psl. *borxʹno<*borsʹno”
^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “бо́рошно”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 177: “PS. *borxьno, *borsьno”
^ Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бра́шно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 191: “< *borchьno < *boršĭno ― < *borchʹno < *boršĭno”