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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