bedrò

bedrò; bedra Grammatical information: n. o; f. ā Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `thigh'

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Old Church Slavic:

bedra `thigh' [f ā]

Church Slavic:

bedro (SerbCS) `thigh' [n o];

bedra (SerbCS) `thigh' [f ā]

Russian:

bedró `thigh, hip' [n o];

bedrá (dial.) `thigh' [f ā]

Old Russian:

bedra `hip' [f ā]

Czech:

bedra `loins, hips' [Nompn o]

Old Czech:

bedra `thigh, groin' [f ā]

Polish:

biodro `hip' [n o]

Serbo-Croatian:

bèdro `thigh' [n o];

bȅdra `thigh' [f ā];

Čak. bedrȁ (Vrgada) `thigh' [f ā], bȅdru [Accs]

Slovene:

bédrọ `thigh' [n o];

bédra `thigh' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

bedró `thigh' [n o]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰedʰ-róm

Comments: The etymology of this word is unclear. The connection with Ukr. dial. bedrá `large pit, valley, swamp', Pl. ubiedrze `slope, steep bank' and Lith. bẽdrė `swamp, valley', Latv. bedre `pit' (Anikin 1998: 30-31), which derive from *bʰedʰ- `to dig', is semantically unattractive. Pokorny's reconstruction of a root *bed- `to swell' (IEW: 96) is impossible because of Winter's law.