Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/barˀnís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From *bárˀtei (“to fight; to quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to strike; to pierce”).

Noun

*barˀnís f^[1]^[2]

fight, quarrel

Inflection

Declension of *barˀnís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*barˀnís	*bárˀnīˀ	*bárˀnejes
Accusative	*bárˀnin	*bárˀnīˀ	*bárˀnī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*barˀnéis	*barˀnejáu	*barˀnejṓn
Locative	*barˀnḗiˀ	*barˀnejáu	*barˀníšu
Dative	*bárˀnei	*barˀnímā⁽ˀ⁾	*barˀnímas
Instrumental	*bárˀnīˀ (early forms)	*barˀnímāˀ	*barˀnímīˀs
Vocative	*barˀnéi	*bárˀnīˀ	*bárˀnejes

Alternative reconstructions

*bárˀnis (fixed accent)

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: bar̃nis, barnìs
Proto-Slavic: *bȏrnь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “*bor-n-i-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “barnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81: “*borʔnis”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “*bor-n-i-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “barnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81: “*borʔnis”

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