Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьstvo

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 *bratrъ +‎ *-ьstvo.

Noun

*bratrьstvo n

1. brotherhood, fraternity

Declension

Declension of *bratrьstvo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bratrьstvo	*bratrьstvě	*bratrьstva
genitive	*bratrьstva	*bratrьstvu	*bratrьstvъ
dative	*bratrьstvu	*bratrьstvoma	*bratrьstvomъ
accusative	*bratrьstvo	*bratrьstvě	*bratrьstva
instrumental	*bratrьstvъmь, *bratrьstvomь*	*bratrьstvoma	*bratrьstvy
locative	*bratrьstvě	*bratrьstvu	*bratrьstvěxъ
vocative	*bratrьstvo	*bratrьstvě	*bratrьstva

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: братство (bratstvo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: братрьство (bratrĭstvo)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: братство (bratstvo)
  • Macedonian: братство (bratstvo)
  • Slovene: bratrstvo
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bratrstvo
  • Polish: braterstwo, bractwo
    • → Ukrainian: братерство (braterstvo)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratrьstvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 8