Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brědъ

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

Closely related to Lithuanian brę́sti, Latvian briêst, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brénˀstei (“to ripen, mature”).

Noun

*brědъ m[1]

fruit
Synonyms: *plodъ, *ovoťe
shoot

Declension

Declension of *brědъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*brědъ	*brěda	*brědi
Accusative	*brědъ	*brěda	*brědy
Genitive	*brěda	*brědu	*brědъ
Locative	*brědě	*brědu	*brěděxъ
Dative	*brědu	*brědoma	*brědomъ
Instrumental	brědъmь, brědomь^*	*brědoma	*brědy
Vocative	*brěde	*brěda	*brědi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

nouns

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒? Ukrainian: бреди́на (bredýna, “willow”)
- Russian: бред (bred, “leaves and twigs as food for cattle”) (dialectal; collective)
  - ⇒? Russian: бреди́на (bredína, “willow”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  ⇒ Latin: nàbrenditi (“to swell, tumefy”) (dialectal)
  
  ⇒ Cyrillic: на̀брендити (“to swell, tumefy”) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Slovene: brẹ́nkelj, bránkelj (“flower of walnut, chestnut”) (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: brzôd
- Slovincian: břǻu̯d, břáo̯d

References

Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “brědъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 374

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*abrędъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 49
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бред”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бредина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Zhanna Varbot (2000), “Индоевропейские и праславянские архаизмы в славянских нерегулярных преобразованиях”, in Studia etymologica Brunensia (in Russian), volume 1, Prague, pages 45-50

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[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “brědъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 374