bȍršьno

bȍršьno Grammatical information: n. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `flour, food'

Page in Trubačev: II 212-213

Old Church Slavic:

brašьno `food' [n o]

Russian:

bórošno (dial.) `rye-flour' [n o]

Old Russian:

borošьno `(farinaceous) food' [n o]

Ukrainian:

bórošno `flour' [n o]

Serbo-Croatian:

brȁšno `flour, food' [n o];

Čak. brȁšno (Vrgada) `flour, food' [n o]

Slovene:

brášnọ `food' [n o]

Bulgarian:

brašnó `flour' [n o]

Latvian:

barĩba `food' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰar-s-in-om

Page in Pokorny: 111

Comments: We are probably dealing here with a root *bʰar-, which was borrowed into PIE.

Other cognates:

Lat. far `flour' [n];

Lat. farīna `flour' [f];

Go. barizeins `barley-' [adj];

OIc. barr `grain'

;

OIr. bairgen `bread, loaf' [f], W. bara `bread' \{1\}