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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьja

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂tr̥yeh₂-. By surface analysis, *bratrъ + *-ьja. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρατρία (phratría).

Noun

*bràtrьja or *bràtьja f[1]

  1. (collective) brothers, brethren

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), *bratrьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 6
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), *bratьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 8

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), *bràtrьja; *bràtьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 60: “f. jā (a) ‘brothers (coll.)’”
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