Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusъ

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

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See *brъsati

Noun

*brusъ m

1. grindstone
2. whetstone, strickle

Declension

Declension of *brusъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brusъ	*brusa	*brusi
genitive	*brusa	*brusu	*brusъ
dative	*brusu	*brusoma	*brusomъ
accusative	*brusъ	*brusa	*brusy
instrumental	*brusъmь, *brusomь*	*brusoma	*brusy
locative	*brusě	*brusu	*brusěxъ
vocative	*bruse	*brusa	*brusi

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

Derived terms

• *brusъkъ (“hone”)
• *brusьcь (“sharpener”)
• *brusьnъ (“sharpened”)
  • *brusьnica
  • *brusьnikъ
  • *brusьniti

Related terms

• *brъsati (“to wipe”)
• *brъsnǫti (“to shave”)
• *brusiti (“to erase”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: брусъ (brusŭ)
    • Belarusian: брус (brus)
    • Russian: брус (brus)
    • Ukrainian: брус (brus)
  • Old Novgorodian: броусе (bruse)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: брус (brus)
  • Macedonian: брус (brus)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бру̑с

    Latin script: brȗs

  • Slovene: brȗs
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: brus
  • Polish: brus
  • Slovak: brús
  • Slovincian: brós
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: brus
    • Upper Sorbian: brus

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brusъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 50
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress