Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusьnica

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-Indo-European *bʰrowḱ-. Baltic cognates include Latvian brūklene, Lithuanian brùknė.

Noun

*brusьnica f

1. mountain cranberry, cowberry, red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Inflection

Declension of *brusьnica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brusьnica	*brusьnici	*brusьnicę̇
genitive	*brusьnicę̇	*brusьnicu	*brusьnicь
dative	*brusьnici	*brusьnicama	*brusьnicamъ
accusative	*brusьnicǫ	*brusьnici	*brusьnicę̇
instrumental	*brusьnicejǫ, *brusьnicǫ**	*brusьnicama	*brusьnicami
locative	*brusьnici	*brusьnicu	*brusьnicasъ, *brusьnicaxъ*
vocative	*brusьnice	*brusьnici	*brusьnicę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Related terms

• *brusьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: брусни́ца (brusníca)
  • Russian: бруси́ца (brusíca) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: брусни́ця (brusnýcja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: брусни́ца (brusníca)
  • Macedonian: бру́сница (brúsnica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бру̀сница

    Latin script: brùsnica

  • Slovene: brusnica
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: brusnicě
    • Czech: brusnice
  • Polish: brusznica, bruśnica (dialectal)
  • Slovak: brusnica
  • Slovincian: brësnjica
  • Sorbian:
  • Lower Sorbian: brusnica
  • Upper Sorbian: brusnica

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brusьnica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brusьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 51
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брусни́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress