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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *barús, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor- (“coniferous forest”). Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *barwaz.
Noun
*bȍrъ m[1][2]
- pine tree
Inflection
Declension of *bȍrъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *bȍrъ | *bȍry | *bȍrove |
Accusative | *bȍrъ | *bȍry | *bȍry |
Genitive | *bȍru | *borovù | *boròvъ |
Locative | *ború | *borovù | *bȍrъxъ |
Dative | *bȍrovi | *borъmà | *bȍrъmъ |
Instrumental | *bȍrъmь | *borъmà | *borъmì |
Vocative | *boru | *bȍry | *bȍrove |
Derived terms
- *borovъ (“made, composed of pines”)
- *borьje (“pine forest”)
- *borovina (“bilberry”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
- Old Belarusian: боръ (bor)
- Belarusian: бор (bor)
- Russian: бор (bor)
- Old Ukrainian: боръ (bor), буръ (bur)
- Ukrainian: бір (bir)
- Old Belarusian: боръ (bor)
- Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бор (bor)
- Macedonian: бор (bor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо̑р
- Latin: bȏr
- Slovene: bȯ̑r (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: bor
- Czech: bor
- Polish: bór
- Slovak: bor
- Slovincian: bȯ́r
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: bór
- Upper Sorbian: bór
- Old Czech: bor
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 216
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бор”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
From the O-grade ablaut of *bьrati (“to pick up, to collect”), a descendant Proto-Balto-Slavic *bírāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, to collect”). The etymon on its own is attested only sporadically, however, its derivatives are widespread.
Noun
*borъ m
- set, assembly
- Synonym: *brojь, *mъnogъ
- loot
- Synonym: *koristь
Inflection
Declension of *borъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *borъ | *bora | *bori |
Accusative | *borъ | *bora | *bory |
Genitive | *bora | *boru | *borъ |
Locative | *borě | *boru | *borěxъ |
Dative | *boru | *boroma | *boromъ |
Instrumental | *borъmь, *boromь* | *boroma | *bory |
Vocative | *bore | *bora | *bori |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *sъborъ (“collection, assembly, word”)
- *sъborьnъ (“composite, compound”)
- *otъborъ (“team, party”)
- *oborъ (“barn”)
- *naborъ (“class, composition”)
- *jьzborъ (“choice, election”)
- *podъborъ (“selection”)
- *orzborъ (“analysis, distribution”)
- *priborъ (“utensil”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бор (bor) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian: бор (archaic)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 218
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȏrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 58: “m. u (c) ‘pine-tree, pine forest’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “borъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c fyrreskov (PR 137)”