Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bardā́ˀ

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

Noun

*bardā́ˀ f^[1]^[2]

beard

Inflection

Declension of *bardā́ˀ (ā-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bardā́ˀ	*bárdāiˀ	*bárdās
Accusative	*bárdā⁽ˀ⁾n	*bárdāiˀ	*bárdā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*bardā́⁽ˀ⁾s	*bardā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*bardṓn
Locative	*bardā́iˀ	*bardā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*bardā́⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*bárdāi	*bardā́⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*bardā́⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*bárdāˀn	*bardā́⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*bardā́⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*bárda	*bárdāiˀ	*bárdās

Derived terms

*bardā́ˀtas

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: buorzda
- Latvian: bā̀rda
- Lithuanian: barzdà
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: bordus
Proto-Slavic: *bordà (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *parta (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bordà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55: “*bordáʔ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “barzda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82: “*bordáʔ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bordà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55: “*bordáʔ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “barzda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 82: “*bordáʔ”

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