Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brutъ

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 earlier *bruktъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brauktas, from *brauktei with depalatalization, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewḱ-.

Cognate with Lithuanian braũktas, Latvian braukts.

Noun

*brutъ m

1. nail (spike-shaped metal fastener)

Declension

Declension of *brutъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brutъ	*bruta	*bruti
genitive	*bruta	*brutu	*brutъ
dative	*brutu	*brutoma	*brutomъ
accusative	*brutъ	*bruta	*bruty
instrumental	*brutъmь, *brutomь*	*brutoma	*bruty
locative	*brutě	*brutu	*brutěxъ
vocative	*brute	*bruta	*bruti

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

Related terms

• *brukati

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: броутъ (brutŭ) (Serbian)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: брут (brut)
  • Macedonian: брут (brut)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бру̏т (dialectal)

    Latin: brȕt

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bru(k)tъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 53