Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borsky

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 Latin brassica (in Vulgar Latin bearing the form brasca). Do not confuse with the forms under German Wruke (“neep, rutabaga”) or Proto-Slavic *bersky (“peach”).

Noun

*borsky f

1. neep, rutabaga

Declension

Declension of *borsky (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*borsky	*borskъvi	*borskъvi
genitive	*borskъve	*borskъvu	*borskъvъ
dative	*borskъvi	*borskъvьma, *borskъvama*	*borskъvьmъ, *borskъvamъ*
accusative	*borskъvь	*borskъvi	*borskъvi
instrumental	*borskъvьjǫ, *borskъvľǫ**	*borskъvьma, *borskъvama*	*borskъvьmi, *borskъvami*
locative	*borskъve	*borskъvu	*borskъvьxъ, *borskъvaxъ*
vocative	*borsky	*borskъvi	*borskъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бро̏сква

    Latin script: brȍskva

    • → Romanian: broșbă, brozbă, brojbă, broașbă, broazbă, broajbă (a Banat word)
  • Slovene: bróskəv, brȏskva
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: broskev
  • Polish: broskiew correctly, but commoner brzoskiew

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пра̀скова”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 603
• Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 22b