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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berďь

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-Indo-European *bʰerh₁dyeh₂ (or *bʰerh₁deh₂ + *-j-), from *bʰer- (to bear (give birth to)) + *-d-

Compare Lithuanian ber̃ždžias (barren (of a cow)), ber̃gždžias (barren (of a cow)), Latin fordus (pregnant) (< *foridos), forda.

Adjective

*bèrďь [1]

  1. pregnant

Declension

See also

  • *bermenьnъ, *bermenatъ, *bermenitъ (< *bermę (load, burden))

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: берёжая (berjóžaja)
    • Ukrainian: бережа (bereža)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: брѣжда (brěžda)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бређа
      Latin: bređa
    • Slovene: brẹ́ja (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bèrdjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 36
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