Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьňa

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *boršьna

Etymology

From *boršьno (“flour”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*boršьňa f

1. (originally) food for the journey (from flour, such as bread)
2. satchel, bag (originally for food)

Inflection

Declension of *boršьňa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*boršьňa	*boršьňi	*boršьňę̇
genitive	*boršьňę̇	*boršьňu	*boršьňь
dative	*boršьňī	*boršьňama	*boršьňāmъ
accusative	*boršьňǫ	*boršьňi	*boršьňę̇
instrumental	*boršьňējǫ, *boršьňǭ*	*boršьňama	*boršьňāmī
locative	*boršьňī	*boršьňu	*boršьňāsъ
vocative	*boršьňe	*boršьňi	*boršьňę̇

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *boršьno (“flour; food, meal”)
  • *boršьnikъ
  • *boršьnьnъ
• *bъrščь (“hogweed”)
• *bъrъ (“foxtail millet”)
  • *bъrěnъ
  • *bъrica
  • *bъrikъ, *bъrika

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *борошнꙗ (*borošnja), *борошна (*borošna)
    • Russian: (dialectal) бо́ро́шня́ (bóróšnjá), бо́ро́шна (bóróšna, “basket”)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: борошень (borošenĭ, “belongings, things for the road”)
      • Middle Russian: бо́рошень (bórošenʹ), бо́рошенъ (bórošen)
        • Russian: (dialectal) бо́ро́ше́нь (bóróšénʹ), бо́рышень (bóryšenʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: brášnja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: brašna (“bag”)
    • Czech: brašna, (dialectal) brachňa (“basket”)