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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъkati

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

Of unclear origin, possibly polygenetic. Proposed etymologies:

Compare also Proto-Slavic *bъrkati (“to trim, to croр (feathers); to poke; to wrinkle”).

Verb

*brъkati impf[1]

  1. to shove, to thrush
  2. to stroke with a tool → to whisk, to stir, to mingle
  3. (figurative) to blunder
  4. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to interfere

Alternative forms

  • *brykati (in East Slavic, Polish)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *zabrъkati, *nabrъkati (“to stir up”)
  • *obrъkati, *sъbrъkati (“to make an error”)
  • *orzbrъkati (“to stir, to blend”)
  • *pobrъkati (“to drive (s.o.) mad”)
  • *brъkočь (“mess, hotchpotch”)
  • *brъkanica (“stirring”)
  • *brъkadlo (“stirrer (tool), whisk”)
  • *brъkačь (“stirrer (agent)”)
  • *brъsati (“to wipe, to smack”)
  • *brysati (“to sweep”)
  • *brъskati (“to smack, to beat”)
  • *brukati (“to strike down; to despise”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бры́каць (brýkacʹ)
    • Russian: брока́ть (brokátʹ), брыка́ть (brykátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: брика́ти (brykáty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brъsati, *brъkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
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