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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrzъ

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-Balto-Slavic *burźus. Most likely an archaic u-stem adjective, continuing Proto-Indo-European *br̥ǵʰús from Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- (“short, brief”). Cognate with Lithuanian burzdùs (“swift, quick”), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), Latin brevis (“brief”) and related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥ȷ́ʰúš (“short”), Proto-Germanic *murguz (“merry, leisure”).

Adjective

*bъ̑rzъ[1][2]

  1. fast, swift

Alternative forms

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *bъrzьnъ (“quick”)
  • *bъrzina, *bъrzostь, *bъrzota (“fastness, swiftness”)
  • *bъrzati (“to hurry”)
  • *bъrzěti (“to be in a hurry”)
    • *bъrzějь (“fast stream”)
  • *bъrziti (“to accelerate”)
  • *bъrzačь, *bъrzьcь (“fast one, speedster”)
  • *bъrzica, *bъrzdica (“fast stream, brook”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бързъ (bŭrzŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: бо́рзый (bórzyj), бо́рздый (bórzdyj)
        • Belarusian: бо́рзды (bórzdy)
        • Ukrainian: бо́рзий (bórzyj)
      • Russian: бо́рзый (bórzyj), борзо́й (borzój)
    • Old Novgorodian: борзꙑи (borzyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бърз (bǎrz), бръз (brǎz) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: брз (brz)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бр̑з
      Latin: bȓz
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): bȑz
    • Slovene: brz
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: brzý
    • Old Polish: barzy
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: bórzy

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bъ̑rzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “adj. o (c) ‘fast’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bъrzъ bъrza bъrzo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c hurtig (PR 138)”
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