Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/broščь

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

*broščь

Alternative reconstructions

• *broťь

Etymology

Uncertain. Per Trubachev, from an unattested *broskati +‎ *-tь. Both i-stem and yo-stem declension are attested among descendants.

Based on semantic similarities, may reflect pre-Slavic *bro(z)gtь from the sparsely attested Proto-Slavic *brьzgati (“to burst”)/*bražiti (“to decompose, to disintegrate (for organic materials)”) + *-ťь, akin to East Slavic *braga (“pre-distilled alcohol mixture, must”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to stink”).

Noun

*bròščь m

1. madder (Rubia tinctorum)

   (by extension) → rouge, ingredient for red dye

   Synonym: *marěna

2. brightly colored cladding/welt (in embroidery)

Alternative forms

• *brožďь (with voiced *-šč-, dialectal)

Inflection

Declension of *bròščь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bròščь	*broščì	*bròščьjē, *bròščē*
genitive	*bròšči	*bròščьju, *brošču*	*broščь̀jь, *bròšči*
dative	*broščì	*bròščьma	*broščь̀mъ
accusative	*bròščь	*broščì	*broščì
instrumental	*broščь̀mь	*bròščьma	*bròščьmī
locative	*bròšči	*bròščьju, *brošču*	*broščь̀xъ
vocative	*brošči	*broščì	*bròščьjē, *bròščē*

^* 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).

Declension of *bròščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bròščь	*broščà	*broščì
genitive	*broščà	*broščù	*bròščь
dative	*broščù	*broščèma	*bròščemъ
accusative	*bròščь	*broščà	*broščę̇̀
instrumental	*broščь̀mь, *broščèmь*	*broščèma	*bròšči
locative	*broščì	*broščù	*bròščixъ
vocative	*brošču	*broščà	*broščì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *braga (“must”) (possibly)
• *broglъ (“hair-grass (Aira)”) (South Slavic)

Derived terms

• *broščiti, *brožďiti, *broťiti (“to redden, to dye red; to sparkle with blood”)
• *broščavъ, *brоžďavъ, *broťavъ (“reddish, jagged”)
• *broščika, *broťika (“sweetscented bedstraw”)
• *broščьňakъ, *broťьňakъ (“place where madder grows”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: брощь (broščĭ)
    • Russian: брощи (brošči) (dialectal, only attested in plural form, obsolete)
    • Ukrainian: бріч (brič) (gen. броча́ (bročá)) (obsolete)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: брощь (broštĭ) (attested since 12 cent.)
  • Bulgarian: брош (broš)
  • Macedonian: брошт (brošt), броќ (broḱ), брос (bros)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бро̏ћ

    Latin script: brȍć

  • Slovene: bròč, bròšč
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: broc
    • Czech: broť (obsolete)
  • Old Polish: broszcz
    • Polish: brocz (obsolete)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: broć (obsolete)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*broščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 43
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брожд”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 80
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “брощ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 81