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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brutъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *bruktъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brauktas, from *brauktei with depalatalization, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewḱ-.
Cognate withLithuanian braũktas,Latvian braukts.
Noun
*brutъ m[1]
- nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)
Declension
Declension of *brutъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *brutъ | *bruta | *bruti |
Accusative | *brutъ | *bruta | *bruty |
Genitive | *bruta | *brutu | *brutъ |
Locative | *brutě | *brutu | *brutěxъ |
Dative | *brutu | *brutoma | *brutomъ |
Instrumental | *brutъmь, *brutomь* | *brutoma | *bruty |
Vocative | *brute | *bruta | *bruti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *brukati
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: броутъ (brutŭ) (Serbian)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: брут (brut)
- Macedonian: брут (brut)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бру̏т (dialectal)
- Latin: brȕt
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bru(k)tъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 53
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brutъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64: “m. o ‘nail’”