Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bordlo

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 *borti (“to fight”) +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*bordlo n

1. defensive wall or obstacle

   Synonym: *zabordlo

Declension

Declension of *bordlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bordlo	*bordlě	*bordla
genitive	*bordla	*bordlu	*bordlъ
dative	*bordlu	*bordloma	*bordlomъ
accusative	*bordlo	*bordlě	*bordla
instrumental	*bordlъmь, *bordlomь*	*bordloma	*bordly
locative	*bordlě	*bordlu	*bordlěxъ
vocative	*bordlo	*bordlě	*bordla

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: (dialectal) боро́ло (borólo), бороло́ (boroló)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бра́ло (brálo)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bradlo
    • Czech: bradlo
  • Old Polish: brodło
    • Polish: (regional) brodło, bródło
  • Old Slovak: bradlo, bralo
    • Pannonian Rusyn: брадло (bradlo)
    • Slovak: bradlo, bralo

Further reading

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “brodło”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 1, →ISBN, page 76
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “bralo”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 79
• Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bradla”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 86

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бороло́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka