Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrlogъ

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

Uncertain. Possibly from *bьrlati (“to disturb, to burden”) +‎ *-ogъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, to carry”). If correct, the original meaning of the term would have been an unnatural structure, perturbation (made by an animal). A similar semantic development is found in *bьrgъ (“landmark, heap”) → (“hut”) (also from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-).

A popular folk-etymology of the term derives it from German Bär (“bear”) + Slavic *logъ (“standpoint”); however, most scholars discard this hypothesis.

Noun

*bьrlogъ m

  1. den, lair
    Synonym: *skorlupa
  2. cave (secondary)

Inflection

Declension of *bьrlogъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bьrlogъ *bьrloga *bьrlodzi
genitive *bьrloga *bьrlogu *bьrlogъ
dative *bьrlogu *bьrlogoma *bьrlogomъ
accusative *bьrlogъ *bьrloga *bьrlogy
instrumental *bьrlogъmь, *bьrlogomь* *bьrlogoma *bьrlogy
locative *bьrlodzě *bьrlogu *bьrlodzěxъ
vocative *bьrlože *bьrloga *bьrlodzi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

  • *bьrloga

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: берлога (berloga)
      • Old Ruthenian:
      • Russian: берло́га (berlóga), мерло́га (merlóga) (dialectal), мерлу́га (merlúga) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “берлога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrlogъ, *bьrloga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 168
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