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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brězgъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to rot, to stink”) + *-zgъ. Possibly akin to Norwegian brisk (“bitter”), English brisk (“fizzy”).
Parallel to this term, there are also Proto-Slavic *brěčь (“resin, pitch”), Proto-Slavic *briskъ (“drop, shred, slice”), Proto-Slavic *břuxъ (“blister”). It is safe to assume all of these terms ultimately represent various resultant extensions of Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to process, to carry out”).
Noun
*brězgъ m
- tar taste
Inflection
Declension of *brězgъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *brězgъ | *brězga | *brězdzi |
| Accusative | *brězgъ | *brězga | *brězgy |
| Genitive | *brězga | *brězgu | *brězgъ |
| Locative | *brězdzě | *brězgu | *brězdzěxъ |
| Dative | *brězgu | *brězgoma | *brězgomъ |
| Instrumental | *brězgъmь, *brězgomь* | *brězgoma | *brězgy |
| Vocative | *brěždže | *brězga | *brězdzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *braga (“must, yeast”)
- *brězgati (“to burst, to decompose”).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: бреск (bresk, “bitterness”) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: břesk
- Polish: brzazg
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brězgъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 18
Etymology 2
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brēˀsgas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to brighten”) + *-zgъ. Cognate with Lithuanian brė́kšta (“dawn”).
Parallel to Proto-Slavic *brěskъ (“bloom, shine”).
Noun
*brězgъ m[1]
- dawn, daybreak
Inflection
Declension of *brězgъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *brězgъ | *brězga | *brězdzi |
| Accusative | *brězgъ | *brězga | *brězgy |
| Genitive | *brězga | *brězgu | *brězgъ |
| Locative | *brězdzě | *brězgu | *brězdzěxъ |
| Dative | *brězgu | *brězgoma | *brězgomъ |
| Instrumental | *brězgъmь, *brězgomь* | *brězgoma | *brězgy |
| Vocative | *brěždže | *brězga | *brězdzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: брѣзгъ (brězgŭ)
- Russian: брезг (brezg) (colloquial, dialectal)
- ⇒ Russian: бре́зжить (brézžitʹ)
- Russian: брезг (brezg) (colloquial, dialectal)
- Old East Slavic: брѣзгъ (brězgŭ)
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: пробрѣзгъ (probrězgŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱂⱁⰱⱃⱑⰸⰳⱏ (pobrězgŭ)
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: březg
- Old Polish: brzazg
- Polish: brzask
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “брезг”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brězgъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brězgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61