Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъkati

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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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Of unclear origin, possibly polygenetic. Proposed etymologies:

Compare also Proto-Slavic *bъrkati (to trim, to croр (feathers); to poke; to wrinkle).

Verb

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*brъkati impf[1]

  1. to shove, to thrush
  2. to stroke with a tool → to whisk, to stir, to mingle
  3. (figurative) to blunder
  4. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to interfere

Alternative forms

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Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brъkati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 53
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брока́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бъркам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 102
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “brkati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brъsati, *brъkati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65