Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvь

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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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Apparently from dissimilation of earlier *brъvь, from ь-extension of *bry. Lexical division occurred in PIE.

Compare Old Norse brū (bridge), Gaulish brīva (bridge) (< *bʰrēwā), Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ (bridge) (> English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Old High German brucka)

Noun

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*brьvь f

  1. bridge, crossbar

Inflection

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See also

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: брьвь (brĭvĭ), бръвь (brŭvĭ), бервь (bervĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьvь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 71