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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьno

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 *baršina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorsinóm, ultimately from *bʰers- (“to prickle, to spike”). Cognate with Latvian barĩba (“food”), Latin far n (“flour”), fārīna f (“flour”), English barley, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (barizeins, “barley”, adjective), Old Norse barr m (“grain”), Old Irish bairgen f (“bread, loaf”), Welsh bara (“bread”).

Noun

*bȏršьno n[1][2][3]

  1. flour
    Synonym: *mǭkà

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: борошьно (borošĭno, “food (made with flour)”)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȍršьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “n. o (c) ‘flour, food’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “boršьno”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c mel (PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “brášno”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*bȏršьno”
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