Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъňa

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

Borrowed from Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō, “breastplate”) or Proto-West Germanic *brunnjā (“chain mail”), either from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ, from Proto-Celtic *brusnyos.

Noun

*brъňa f

1. armor

Declension

Declension of *brъňa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brъňa	*brъňi	*brъňę̇
genitive	*brъňę̇	*brъňu	*brъňь
dative	*brъňi	*brъňama	*brъňamъ
accusative	*brъňǫ	*brъňi	*brъňę̇
instrumental	*brъňejǫ, *brъňǫ**	*brъňama	*brъňami
locative	*brъňi	*brъňu	*brъňasъ, *brъňaxъ*
vocative	*brъňe	*brъňi	*brъňę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: броня́ (bronjá)
    • → Bulgarian: бро́ня (brónja)
  • Ukrainian: бро́ня (brónja)
  • Old Novgorodian: брънꙗ (brŭnja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: брънѩ pl (brŭnję)

  • Bulgarian: бръ́ня (brǎ́nja) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: brně
  • >? Old Polish: brnia

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бро́ня́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress