Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъsiti

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

By surface analysis, *brъsati +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*brъsiti[1]

  1. to wipe

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *бръсити (*brŭsiti)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brъsiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 56