Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bornь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *barˀnís, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Equivalent to *borti (“to wrestle, to fight”) +‎ *-nь.

Noun

*bȏrnь f

1. resistance, standoff
2. scuffle, battle

Declension

Declension of *bȏrnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȏrnь	*bȏrni	*bȏrni
genitive	*borní	*bornьjù, *borňu*	*bornь̀jь
dative	*bȏrni	*bornьmà	*bȏrnьmъ
accusative	*bȏrnь	*bȏrni	*bȏrni
instrumental	*bornьjǫ́	*bornьmà	*bornьmì
locative	*borní	*bornьjù, *borňu*	*bȏrnьxъ
vocative	*borni	*bȏrni	*bȏrni

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *borniti (“to protect”)
• *borniťь (“defender”)
• *otъborna (“defense”)
• *vъzborna (“interdict”)
• *zaborna (“prohibition”)

Descendants

• Old East Slavic: боронь (boronĭ)
  • Russian: бо́ронь (bóronʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: брань (branĭ)
    • Bulgarian: бран (bran)
    • → Russian: брань (branʹ)
  • Macedonian:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бра̑н

    Latin script: brȃn

  • Slovene: brán
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: braň
  • Kashubian: barń, barniô
  • Old Polish: broń, bronia
    • Polish: broń
    • Silesian: brōń
  • Slovak: bráň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: broń
    • Upper Sorbian: bróń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боронь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bornь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 208
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бран²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 73