Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brědъ

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

Closely related to Lithuanian brę́sti, Latvian briêst, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brénˀstei (“to ripen, mature”).

Noun

*brědъ m

1. fruit

   Synonyms: *plodъ, *ovoťe

2. shoot

Declension

Declension of *brědъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brědъ	*brěda	*brědi
genitive	*brěda	*brědu	*brědъ
dative	*brědu	*brědoma	*brědomъ
accusative	*brědъ	*brěda	*brědy
instrumental	*brědъmь, *brědomь*	*brědoma	*brědy
locative	*brědě	*brědu	*brěděxъ
vocative	*brěde	*brěda	*brědi

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

Related terms

nouns

• *abrědь
• *abrědьje
• *abrędь
• *abrędьje
• *abrędъ
• *abrędъkъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒? Ukrainian: бреди́на (bredýna, “willow”)
  • Russian: бред (bred, “leaves and twigs as food for cattle”) (dialectal; collective)
    • ⇒? Russian: бреди́на (bredína, “willow”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    ⇒ Latin script: nàbrenditi (“to swell, tumefy”) (dialectal)

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: на̀брендити (“to swell, tumefy”) (dialectal)

  • ⇒ Slovene: brẹ́nkelj, bránkelj (“flower of walnut, chestnut”) (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: brzôd
    • Slovincian: brzod

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*abrędъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 49
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бред”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “бредина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Zhanna Varbot (2000) “Индоевропейские и праславянские архаизмы в славянских нерегулярных преобразованиях”, in Studia etymologica Brunensia (in Russian), volume 1, Prague, pages 45-50