Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvьno

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

*bry +‎ *-ьno with distant assimilation: *ъ-ь > *ь-ь; originally an adjective. Compare Icelandic brú and brún.

Noun

*brьvьnò n

1. beam

Declension

Declension of *brьvьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brьvьnò	*brьvь̀ně	*brьvьnà
genitive	*brьvьnà	*brьvьnù	*brьvь̀nъ
dative	*brьvьnù	*brьvьnòma	*brьvьnòmъ
accusative	*brьvьnò	*brьvь̀ně	*brьvьnà
instrumental	*brьvьnъ̀mь, *brьvьnòmь*	*brьvьnòma	*brьvь̀ny
locative	*brьvьně̀	*brьvьnù	*brьvь̀něxъ
vocative	*brьvьnò	*brьvь̀ně	*brьvьnà

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

Alternative forms

• *brьvьnъ
• *brьvьna

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бьрьвьно (bĭrĭvĭno)
    • Belarusian: бервяно́ (bjervjanó)
    • Russian: бревно́ (brevnó)
    • Ukrainian: бервено́ (bervenó) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: брьвьно (brĭvĭno)

  • Bulgarian: бръвно (brǎvno) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бр́вно

    Latin script: brvno

  • Slovene: bȓvno
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: břevno
    • Czech: břevno
  • Old Polish: biermo, birwno, birzmno, birzmo, birzwno
  • Old Slovak: brvno
    • Slovak: brvno

• Non-Slavic:
• → Romanian: bârnă

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьvьno/*brьvьnъ/*brьvьna II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 72
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бревно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress