Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borvъ

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-Indo-European *bʰorwos. Cognate with Albanian berr, Old Norse bǫrgr, Old High German barug, barh, Old English bearg (English barrow (“castrated boar”)).

Noun

*bȏrvъ m

1. wether (castrated stock animal either ram, buck, or hog)
2. male youngling of a stock animal

Declension

Declension of *borvъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*borvъ	*borva	*borvi
genitive	*borva	*borvu	*borvъ
dative	*borvu	*borvoma	*borvomъ
accusative	*borvъ	*borva	*borvy
instrumental	*borvъmь, *borvomь*	*borvoma	*borvy
locative	*borvě	*borvu	*borvěxъ
vocative	*borve	*borva	*borvi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: боровъ (borovŭ)
    • Russian: бо́ров (bórov)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: бравъ (bravŭ)

    Glagolitic:

    • Bulgarian: брав (brav) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: брав (brav)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бра̑в

    Latin script: brȃv

  • Slovene: brȃv
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: brav
  • Polish: browek (dialectal)
  • Slovak: brav

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бо́ров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borvъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 214