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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *baršina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorsinóm, ultimately from *bʰers- (“to prickle, to spike”). Cognate with Latvian barĩba (“food”), Latin far n (“flour”), fārīna f (“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. flour

   Synonym: *mǭkà

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bȏršьno	*bȏršьně	*boršьnà
Accusative	*bȏršьno	*bȏršьně	*boršьnà
Genitive	*bȏršьna	*boršьnù	*boršь̀nъ
Locative	*bȏršьně	*boršьnù	*boršьně̃xъ
Dative	*bȏršьnu	*boršьnomà	*boršьnòmъ
Instrumental	*bȏršьnъmь, *bȏršьnomь*	*boršьnomà	*boršьný
Vocative	*boršьno	*bȏršьně	*boršьnà

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

Related terms

• *bъrščь (“beetroot soup”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: борошьно (borošĭno, “food (made with flour)”)
    • Russian: бо́рошно (bórošno, “rye flour”) (dialectal)
    • Old Ukrainian: борошно (borošno, “flour”)
      • Ukrainian: бо́рошно (bórošno, “flour”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: брашьно (brašĭno)

    Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⰰⱎⱐⱀⱁ (brašĭno)

    • → Russian: бра́шно (brášno)
    • → Ukrainian: бра́шно (brášno, “flour product”)
  • Bulgarian: брашно́ (brašnó)
  • Macedonian: брашно (brašno)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: бра̏шно

    Latin: brȁšno

  • Slovene: brášnọ
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: brašna
    • Czech: brašna
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: brošma

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “борошно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*boršьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 212
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “брашно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 75