Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьnikъ

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

From *boršьno (“flour”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*boršьnikъ m

1. container or place where the flour is

Declension

Declension of *boršьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*boršьnikъ	*boršьnika	*boršьnici
genitive	*boršьnika	*boršьniku	*boršьnikъ
dative	*boršьniku	*boršьnikoma	*boršьnikomъ
accusative	*boršьnikъ	*boršьnika	*boršьniky
instrumental	*boršьnikъmь, *boršьnikomь*	*boršьnikoma	*boršьniky
locative	*boršьnicě	*boršьniku	*boršьnicěxъ
vocative	*boršьniče	*boršьnika	*boršьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *boršьno (“flour; food, meal”)
  • *boršьnьnъ
  • *boršьňa, *boršьna
• *bъrščь (“hogweed”)
• *bъrъ (“foxtail millet”)
  • *bъrěnъ
  • *bъrica
  • *bъrikъ, *bъrika

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *борошьникъ (*borošĭnikŭ)
    • Russian: бо́рошник (bórošnik) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • →? Old East Slavic: брашьникъ (brašĭnikŭ)
      • Middle Russian: брашникъ (brašnik), брашенникъ (brašennik)
  • Bulgarian: брашни́к (brašník)
  • Macedonian: брашник (brašnik), брашненик (brašnenik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: брашњи́к (dialectal)

    Latin script: brašnjík (dialectal)

• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Czech: Brašník m (proper name) (< *boršьňa)