Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrščь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrščь

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

Likely formed as *bъrzgati (“to grind, to slash”) +‎ *-tь (or from another related verb), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bursktis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“to prickle, to spike”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥štíš (“top, point”).

Noun

*bъ̃rščь m[1]

1. hogweed
2. hogweed soup, borscht

Inflection

Declension of *bъ̃rščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bъ̃rščь	*bъrščà	*bъrščì
Accusative	*bъ̃rščь	*bъrščà	*bъrščę̇̀
Genitive	*bъrščà	*bъrščù	*bъ̃rščь
Locative	*bъrščì	*bъrščù	*bъ̃rščixъ
Dative	*bъrščù	*bъrščèma	*bъ̃rščemъ
Instrumental	*bъrščь̀mь, *bъrščèmь*	*bъrščèma	*bъ̃ršči
Vocative	*bъršču	*bъrščà	*bъrščì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *boršьno (“flour”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: борщь (borščĭ)
    • Belarusian: боршч (boršč)
    • Russian: борщ (boršč)
      • → Bulgarian: борш (borš)
      • → Czech: boršč
      • → Macedonian: боршч (boršč)
      • → Romanian: borș
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic: бо̏ршч

        Latin: bȍršč

      • → Slovak: boršč
      • → Slovene: boršč
      • → Yiddish: באָרשט‎ (borsht)
        • → English: borscht
    • Ukrainian: борщ (boršč)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: bŕšč
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bršť
  • Slovak: bršt
  • Old Polish: barszcz
    • Polish: barszcz
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: baršć
    • Lower Sorbian: baršć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “борщ”, 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), “*bъrščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 131

References

1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bъrščь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b bjørneklo (PR 134)”