Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/barˀnís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From *bárˀtei (to fight; to quarrel) +‎ *-nis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to strike; to pierce).

    Noun

    *barˀnís f[1][2]

    1. fight, quarrel

    Inflection

    Declension of *barˀnís (i-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *barˀnís *bárˀnīˀ *bárˀnejes
    accusative *bárˀnin *bárˀnīˀ *bárˀnī(ˀ)ns
    genitive *barˀnéis *barˀnejáu *barˀnejṓn
    locative *barˀnḗiˀ *barˀnejáu *barˀníšu
    dative *bárˀnei *barˀnímā(ˀ) *barˀnímas
    instrumental *bárˀnīˀ (early forms) *barˀnímāˀ *barˀnímīˀs
    vocative *barˀnéi *bárˀnīˀ *bárˀnejes

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *bárˀnis (fixed accent)

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: bar̃nis, barni̇̀s
    • Proto-Slavic: *bȏrnь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57:*bor-n-i-
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “barnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81:*borʔnis