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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bręknǫti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *brink-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrnk-. Cognate with Lithuanian brìnkti (to swell, bloat, grow dry), Old Norse bringa (chest).

Verb

*brę̀knǫti [1][2]

  1. to swell

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: бря́кнуць (brjáknucʹ)
    • Russian: бря́кнуть (brjáknutʹ) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: бря́кнути (brjáknuty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бре́кна (brékna) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: бре́кна (brékna)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бре́кнути
      Latin: bréknuti
    • Slovene: zabrę́kniti

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brę̀knǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62: “v. (a) ‘swell’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), bręknǫ bręknetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 211)”
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