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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrščь

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

Likely formed as *bъrzgati (“to grind, to slash”) +‎ *-tь (or from another related verb), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥s- < *bʰers- (“to prickle, to spike”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥štíš (“top, point”).

Noun

*bъ̃rščь m[1][2][3]

  1. hogweed

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *бърщь (*bŭrščĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: борщъ (boršč), борсчъ (borsč)
        • 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)
      • Middle Russian: борщъ (boršč), борщь (borščʹ, “hogweed”) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: br̀šč
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bršť
    • Old Polish: *barszcz
    • Slovak: bršt
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: baršć
      • Lower Sorbian: baršć

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bъrščь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bjørneklo (PR 134)”
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъrščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 131
  3. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “br̥ščь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 422
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