Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obrǫčь

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 *o(b)- +‎ *rǫka +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*obrǫčь m

1. hoop

Declension

Declension of *obrǫčь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obrǫčь	*obrǫča	*obrǫči
genitive	*obrǫča	*obrǫču	*obrǫčь
dative	*obrǫču	*obrǫčema	*obrǫčemъ
accusative	*obrǫčь	*obrǫča	*obrǫčę̇
instrumental	*obrǫčьmь, *obrǫčemь*	*obrǫčema	*obrǫči
locative	*obrǫči	*obrǫču	*obrǫčixъ
vocative	*obrǫču	*obrǫča	*obrǫči

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

Alternative forms

• *obrǫča f

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: обручь (obručĭ)
    • Belarusian: абру́ч (abrúč)
    • Russian: о́бруч (óbruč)
    • Ukrainian: обру́ч (obrúč)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: о́бръч (óbrǎč)
  • Macedonian: обрач (obrač)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏брӯч

    Latin script: ȍbrūč

  • Old Slovene: obroč
    • Slovene: obrọ̑č (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obruč
    • Czech: obruč
  • Old Polish: obręcz
    • Polish: obręcz
  • Old Slovak: obruč
    • Slovak: obruč
  • Slovincian: wôbrãcz
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wobruč
    • Lower Sorbian: wobryc

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: abroncs

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrǫčь/obrǫča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 111