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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъňa

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō, breastplate) or Proto-West Germanic *brunnjā (chain mail), either from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ, from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos.

Noun

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*brъňa f[1]

  1. armor

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: броня́ (bronjá)
    • Ukrainian: бро́ня (brónja)
    • Old Novgorodian: брънꙗ (brŭnja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: брънѩ pl (brŭnję)
    • Bulgarian: бръ́ня (brǎ́nja) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “brъn'a”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 398

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бро́ня́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress