Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bordy

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardō or a calque to it: equivalent to *borda (“beard”) +‎ *-y, literally “bearded (axe)”.

Noun

*bordy f (South Slavic)

1. axe, adze

   Synonyms: *tesla, *sekyra, *toporъ

Declension

Declension of *bordy (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bordy	*bordъvi	*bordъvi
genitive	*bordъve	*bordъvu	*bordъvъ
dative	*bordъvi	*bordъvьma, *bordъvama*	*bordъvьmъ, *bordъvamъ*
accusative	*bordъvь	*bordъvi	*bordъvi
instrumental	*bordъvьjǫ, *bordъvľǫ**	*bordъvьma, *bordъvama*	*bordъvьmi, *bordъvami*
locative	*bordъve	*bordъvu	*bordъvьxъ, *bordъvaxъ*
vocative	*bordy	*bordъvi	*bordъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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

• *bordlo
  • Czech: bradlo
    • → Slovene: brȃdlja (tonal orthography)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: брадꙑ (brady)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱃⰰⰴⱏⰹ (brady)

  • Bulgarian: бра́два (brádva)
  • Macedonian: брадва (bradva)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (“adze”)

    Cyrillic script: бра́два

    Latin script: brádva

References

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брадва”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 72