Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrъ

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

Of uncertain origin. See also Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”).

Noun

*bъrъ m

foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Inflection

Declension of *bъrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bъrъ	*bъra	*bъri
genitive	*bъra	*bъru	*bъrъ
dative	*bъru	*bъroma	*bъromъ
accusative	*bъrъ	*bъra	*bъry
instrumental	bъrъmь, bъromь^*	*bъroma	*bъry
locative	*bъrě	*bъru	*bъrěxъ
vocative	*bъre	*bъra	*bъri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*boršьno (“flour; food, meal”)
*bъrščь (“hogweed”)

Derived terms

*bъrěnъ
*bъrica (“wild foxtail millet, Setaria viridis”)
*bъrikъ, *bъrika

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: боръ (borŭ)
  - Russian: бор (bor)
  - Ukrainian: бор (bor)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бъръ (bŭrŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱏⱃⱏ (bŭrŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ба̑р
  
  Latin script: bȃr
- Slovene: bȃr, dialectally ber and bȋr
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ber
  - Czech: bér
- Old Polish: ber
  - Polish: ber
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: ber
  - Upper Sorbian: ber, bor

Non-Slavic:
- ⇒ Hungarian: + köles = borköles, + mohar = bormohar