Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bordy

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *bardō^[1] or a calque to it: equivalent to *borda (“beard”) +‎ *-y, literally “bearded (axe)”.

Noun

*bordy f (South Slavic)

axe, adze
Synonyms: *tesla, *sekyra, *toporъ

Declension

Declension of *bordy (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bordy	*bordъvi	*bordъvi
genitive	*bordъve	*bordъvu	*bordъvъ
dative	*bordъvi	bordъvьma, bordъvama^*	bordъvьmъ, bordъvamъ^*
accusative	*bordъvь	*bordъvi	*bordъvi
instrumental	bordъvьjǫ, bordъvľǫ^**	bordъvьma, bordъvama^*	bordъvьmi, bordъvami^*
locative	*bordъve	*bordъvu	bordъvьxъ, bordъvaxъ^*
vocative	*bordy	*bordъvi	*bordъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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

*bordlo^[2]
- Czech: bradlo
  - → Slovene: brȃdlja (tonal orthography)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: брадꙑ (brady)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱃⰰⰴⱏⰹ (brady)
- Bulgarian: бра́два (brádva)
- Macedonian: брадва (bradva)
- Serbo-Croatian: (“adze”)
  Cyrillic script: бра́два
  
  Latin script: brádva

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bordy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 201
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “bradja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz pslovan. *bordlȍ”