Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brosky

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 Latin brassica (in Vulgar Latin bearing the form brasca). Not to be confused with the forms under German Wruke (“neep, rutabaga”) or Proto-Slavic *bersky (“peach”).

Noun

*brosky f

1. neep, rutabaga

Declension

Declension of *brosky (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brosky	*broskъvi	*broskъvi
genitive	*broskъve	*broskъvu	*broskъvъ
dative	*broskъvi	*broskъvьma, *broskъvama*	*broskъvьmъ, *broskъvamъ*
accusative	*broskъvь	*broskъvi	*broskъvi
instrumental	*broskъvьjǫ, *broskъvľǫ**	*broskъvьma, *broskъvama*	*broskъvьmi, *broskъvami*
locative	*broskъve	*broskъvu	*broskъvьxъ, *broskъvaxъ*
vocative	*brosky	*broskъvi	*broskъvi

^* -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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бро̏сква

    Latin script: brȍskva

    • → Romanian: broșbă, brozbă, brojbă, broașbă, broazbă, (Banat word) broajbă
  • Slovene: bróskəv, brȏskva
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: broskev
  • Polish: (etymological) broskiew, (more common) brzoskiew

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пра̀скова”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 603
• Miklosich, Franz (1886) “*brosky”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 22b
• Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*brosky”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 388