борщъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • борсчъ, боръщъ

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *бърщь (*bŭrščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bъrščь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *burstjas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s-t-yos, from *bʰers-.[1][2][3][4][5] Doublet of барщъ.

Noun

борщъ • (transliteration needed) m inan (related adjective борщовый, diminutive борщикъ)

  1. hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
    • купили… хрену, цыбули и борщу асм. ·ѳ҃· ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • другого днꙗ на обѣдъ купили… борщу и чоснъку за осм. три ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • цыбули, петрушки, борщу, осм. ·е҃· хлеба розного осм. за двадцатъ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • тамъ же подлє манастырѧ людєи слꙋжебныхъ ·д҃і· ч҃лвков которыє дають дрова боръщъ лыка ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. hogweed soup, beet soup, borscht (a soup made of beets and cabbage)
    • матка єго… почала мене… лаꙗти: иди мовить сꙗкаꙗ такаꙗ нецното, зѣлье у борщъ криши ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. beetroot kvass for borscht
    • борщу сирового или тѣста кислого… прикладать ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰers-‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: боршч (boršč)
  • Ukrainian: борщ (boršč); боршьшь (boršʹšʹ) (dialectal)
    • → Yiddish: באָרשט‎ (borsht)
    • → Polish: barszcz (“borscht”) (since the 18ᵗʰ c.) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Romanian: borș
    • → Russian: борщ (boršč, “borscht”) (since the 18ᵗʰ c.) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “борщ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 236
  2. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972), “борщ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 1 (А – Ґ), issue 1–11, Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 179: “MUk. борщъ (XVIII c.); борсчъ (1618)”
  3. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “боршч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 1 (а – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 372
  4. Anikin, A. E. (2011), “борщ”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 101: “ст.-укр борщъ”
  5. Shansky, N. M. (1965), “борщ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, issue 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 173

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