Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/baršina

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorsinóm n, from *bʰors-i(H)n- (“spike, prickle”), from *bʰers- (“top, tip, point”). Cognate with Latin fārīna f (“flour”), which is from Proto-Italic *farsīnā.

Noun

*baršina n

1. flour
2. food, meal

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *baršina (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*baršina	*baršinai	*baršināˀ
Accusative	*baršina	*baršinai	*baršināˀ
Genitive	*baršinā	*baršināu(ˀ)	*baršinōn
Locative	*baršinai	*baršināu(ˀ)	*baršinaišu
Dative	*baršinōi	*baršinamā(ˀ)	*baršinamas
Instrumental	*baršinōˀ	*baršinamāˀ	*baršinōis
Vocative	*baršina	*baršinai	*baršināˀ

Related terms

• ⇒ *bar(š)- + *-ība
  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: barĩba (“food”)

Descendants

• Proto-Slavic: *bȏršьno n (“flour; food, meal”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bȍršьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “BSl. *bar-; PIE *bʰar-s-in-om”
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “bariba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “BSL *bar-(ṣ)-; PIE *bʰar-(e)s-”