Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьja

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂tr̥yeh₂-. By surface analysis, *bratrъ +‎ *-ьja. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρατρία (phratría).

Noun[edit]

*bràtrьja or *bràtьja f[1]

  1. (collective) brothers, brethren

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratrьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bràtrьja; *bràtьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 60:f. jā (a) ‘brothers (coll.)’