Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bronъ

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 *bʰrodʰ-no-. Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, “pale red, ruddy, yelowish, bay”).

Adjective

*bronъ

1. white, greyish (of horses)

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *bronъ (hard)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*bronъ	*brona	*brono
Accusative	*bronъ	*bronǫ	*brono
Genitive	*brona	*brony	*brona
Locative	*broně	*broně	*broně
Dative	*bronu	*broně	*bronu
Instrumental	*bronomь	*bronojǫ	*bronomь
Vocative	*brone	*brono	*brono
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*brona	*broně	*broně
Accusative	*brona	*broně	*broně
Genitive	*bronu	*bronu	*bronu
Locative	*bronu	*bronu	*bronu
Dative	*bronoma	*bronama	*bronoma
Instrumental	*bronoma	*bronama	*bronoma
Vocative	*brona	*broně	*broně
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*broni	*brony	*brona
Accusative	*brony	*brony	*brona
Genitive	*bronъ	*bronъ	*bronъ
Locative	*broněxъ	*bronaxъ	*broněxъ
Dative	*bronomъ	*bronamъ	*bronomъ
Instrumental	*brony	*bronami	*brony
Vocative	*broni	*brony	*brona

Definite declension of *bronъ (hard)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*bronъjь	*bronaja	*bronoje
Accusative	*bronъjь	*bronǫjǫ	*bronoje
Genitive	*bronajego	*bronyję	*bronajego
Locative	*bronějemь	*broněji	*bronějemь
Dative	*bronujemu	*broněji	*bronujemu
Instrumental	*bronyjimi	*bronǫjǫ	*bronyjimi
Vocative	*bronъjь	*bronaja	*bronoje
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*bronaja	*broněji	*broněji
Accusative	*bronaja	*broněji	*broněji
Genitive	*bronuju	*bronuju	*bronuju
Locative	*bronuju	*bronuju	*bronuju
Dative	*bronyjima	*bronyjima	*bronyjima
Instrumental	*bronyjima	*bronyjima	*bronyjima
Vocative	*bronaja	*broněji	*broněji
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*broniji	*bronyję	*bronaja
Accusative	*bronyję	*bronyję	*bronaja
Genitive	*bronъjixъ	*bronъjixъ	*bronъjixъ
Locative	*bronyjixъ	*bronyjixъ	*bronyjixъ
Dative	*bronyjimъ	*bronyjimъ	*bronyjimъ
Instrumental	*bronyjimi	*bronyjimi	*bronyjimi
Vocative	*broniji	*bronyję	*bronaja

Related terms

• *bresti (“to wade”)
• *brodъ (“ford, passing”)

Derived terms

• *broněti (“to outshine, to black out”)
• *broniti (“to darken”)
• *bronь (“white-spotted horse”)

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)

*bělъ (of animals) *bronъ	*sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ	*čьrnъ, *smaglъ/*smǫglъ (of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
*čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ	*rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ, (of animals) *gnědъ	*žьltъ (of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
*zelenъ	*zelenъ, *grěnъ
	*polvъ	*siňь; *modrъ
*slivъ	*bagrъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бронии (bronij), бронꙑи (bronyj, “white, grey, dun”)
    • Belarusian: броный (brónyj)
    • Russian: броный (bronyj)
    • Ukrainian: броний (bronyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: бронъ (bronŭ, “white”) (Croatian rendition)
  • Bulgarian: брон (bron)
  • Macedonian: брони (broni)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: брони

    Latin: bronī

  • Slovene: bron
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: broný
    • Czech: broný (“white”) (obsolete), brůna
  • Polish: brony
  • Slovak: broný
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: brony

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bronъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bronъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 41