Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brojiti

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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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South Slavic meaning probably reflects the iterative-causative of *briti (to cut), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (to notch). Equivalent to *brojь (count) +‎ *-iti.

Per Grynčenko (quoted by Trubačev, ESSJa), secondary meaning in West and East Slavic may have been back-formed or at least influenced by unrelated *obrojiti (to flock, to get into commotion) < *ob- +‎ *rojiti (to flow, to traverse).

Verb

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*brojiti

  1. (South Slavic) to mark, to count
  2. (West, East Slavic) to brawl, to disturb
    → to fool around, to prank

Alternative forms

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Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • *briti (to cut, to shave)

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brojiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 38
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “броя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 81
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    Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1978), “бро́іць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 1 (А – бячэ́йка), Minsk: Navuka i technika
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бро́їти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 261