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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brujati

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 onomatopoeic origin or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (to incite, to spring), whence Lithuanian bráuti (to press, to push). Georgiev has considered possible relation to Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō, to gush forth, to burst), which is dismissed by Trubačev (ESSJa).

Verb

*brujati impf

  1. to buzz (e.g. bee, beetle)
    Synonyms: *brьněti, *bǫčati
  2. to rustle, to purl

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *bruja (riffle, vibration; rapid, torrent (of flowing water))
    • *brujiti (to rumble, to popple; to gush forth)
    • *brujьnъ (bubbling, rumbling)
  • *bruxati (to grunt)
  • *brukati, *brusiti (to pound, to hack)
  • *břuzga (grouch, grumple)
  • *brъzgati, *bryzgati (to sprinkle, to splatter) (possibly)

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: бруя́ть (brujátʹ)[1] (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:

References

  1. Филин, Ф. П., editor (1968), бруя́ть, бруё́т”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 3, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 212

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