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
genitive	*brona	*brony	*brona
dative	*bronu	*broně	*bronu
accusative	*bronъ	*bronǫ	*brono
instrumental	*bronomь	*bronojǫ	*bronomь
locative	*broně	*broně	*broně
vocative	*brone	*brono	*brono
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*brona	*broně	*broně
genitive	*bronu	*bronu	*bronu
dative	*bronoma	*bronama	*bronoma
accusative	*brona	*broně	*broně
instrumental	*bronoma	*bronama	*bronoma
locative	*bronu	*bronu	*bronu
vocative	*brona	*broně	*broně
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*broni	*brony	*brona
genitive	*bronъ	*bronъ	*bronъ
dative	*bronomъ	*bronamъ	*bronomъ
accusative	*brony	*brony	*brona
instrumental	*brony	*bronami	*brony
locative	*broněxъ	*bronaxъ	*broněxъ
vocative	*broni	*brony	*brona

Definite declension of *bronъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bronъjь	*bronaja	*bronoje
genitive	*bronajego	*bronyję̇	*bronajego
dative	*bronujemu	*broněji	*bronujemu
accusative	*bronъjь	*bronǫjǫ	*bronoje
instrumental	*bronyjimь	*bronǫjǫ	*bronyjimь
locative	*bronějemь	*broněji	*bronějemь
vocative	*bronъjь	*bronaja	*bronoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bronaja	*broněji	*broněji
genitive	*bronuju	*bronuju	*bronuju
dative	*bronyjima	*bronyjima	*bronyjima
accusative	*bronaja	*broněji	*broněji
instrumental	*bronyjima	*bronyjima	*bronyjima
locative	*bronuju	*bronuju	*bronuju
vocative	*bronaja	*broněji	*broněji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*broniji	*bronyję̇	*bronaja
genitive	*bronъjixъ	*bronъjixъ	*bronъjixъ
dative	*bronyjimъ	*bronyjimъ	*bronyjimъ
accusative	*bronyję̇	*bronyję̇	*bronaja
instrumental	*bronyjimi	*bronyjimi	*bronyjimi
locative	*bronyjixъ	*bronyjixъ	*bronyjixъ
vocative	*broniji	*bronyję̇	*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 (bronii), бронꙑи (bronyi, “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 script: брони

    Latin script: bronī

  • Slovene: bron
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: broný
    • Czech: broný (“white”) (obsolete)
  • 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, →ISSN, page 64
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bronъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 41