Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvьno

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvьno

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

*bry +‎ *-ьnъ with distant assimilation: *ъ-ь > *ь-ь; originally an adjective. Compare Icelandic brú and brún.

Noun

*brьvьnò n[1][2]

1. beam

Declension

Declension of *brьvьnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*brьvьnò	*brьvь̀ně	*brьvьnà
Accusative	*brьvьnò	*brьvь̀ně	*brьvьnà
Genitive	*brьvьnà	*brьvьnù	*brьvь̀nъ
Locative	*brьvьně̀	*brьvьnù	*brьvь̀něxъ
Dative	*brьvьnù	*brьvьnòma	*brьvьnòmъ
Instrumental	*brьvьnъ̀mь, *brьvьnòmь*	*brьvьnòma	*brьvь̀ny
Vocative	*brьvьnò	*brьvь̀ně	*brьvьnà

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

Alternative forms

• *brьvьnъ
• *brьvьna

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: бьрьвьно (bĭrĭvĭno)
    • Belarusian: бервяно́ (bjervjanó)
    • Russian: бревно́ (brevnó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: брьвьно (brĭvĭno)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: бр́вно

    Latin: brvno

  • Bulgarian: бръвно (brǎvno)
  • Slovene: bȓvno
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: břevno
    • Czech: břevno
  • Old Polish: biermo, birwno, birzmno, birzmo, birzwno
    • ⇒ Old Polish: birzwienko (diminutive)
      • Polish: bierzwionko (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Polish: bierwiono
  • Slovak: brvno

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьvьno/*brьvьnъ/*brьvьna II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 72
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бревно́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brьvьnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67: “n. o (b) ‘beam’”
2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bьrvьno -a”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 149; PR 135)”