Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъno

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

From earlier *bъdno, cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰudʰnás (“bottom”), Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end”) and akin to Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”).

Noun

*bъnò n

1. Alternative form of *dъno (“bottom”)

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъnò	*bъ̀ně	*bъnà
genitive	*bъnà	*bъnù	*bъ̀nъ
dative	*bъnù	*bъnòma	*bъnòmъ
accusative	*bъnò	*bъ̀ně	*bъnà
instrumental	*bъnъ̀mь, *bъnòmь*	*bъnòma	*bъ̀ny
locative	*bъně̀	*bъnù	*bъ̀něxъ
vocative	*bъnò	*bъ̀ně	*bъnà

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

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: bedno (“bottom”) (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: beno (“caecum”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъdno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 110