Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvь

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

Apparently from dissimilation of earlier *brъvь, from ь-extension of *bry. Lexical division occurred in PIE.

Compare Old Norse brū (“bridge”), Gaulish brīva (“bridge”) (< *bʰrēwā), Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ (“bridge”) (> English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Old High German brucka)

Noun

*brьvь f

bridge, crossbar

Inflection

Declension of *brьvь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*brьvь	*brьvi	*brьvi
Accusative	*brьvь	*brьvi	*brьvi
Genitive	*brьvi	brьvьju, brьvľu^*	brьvьjь, brьvi^*
Locative	*brьvi	brьvьju, brьvľu^*	*brьvьxъ
Dative	*brьvi	*brьvьma	*brьvьmъ
Instrumental	brьvьjǫ, brьvľǫ^*	*brьvьma	*brьvьmi
Vocative	*brьvi	*brьvi	*brьvi

^* 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).

Related terms

*brьva

Derived terms

*brьvьno (“beam”)

Descendants

Church Slavonic: брьвь (brĭvĭ), бръвь (brŭvĭ), бервь (bervĭ) (Russian)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: брьвь (brĭvĭ), бръвь (brŭvĭ), бервь (bervĭ)
  - Ukrainian: бер (ber), берь (berʹ)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бръв (brǎv), брьвь (brʹvʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бр̑в
  
  Latin: bȓv
- Slovene: bŕv

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: břev

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brьvь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 03, Moscow: Nauka, page 71

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