Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bedro

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bedra, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰróm. Has been compared to Old Armenian պորտ (port).

Noun

*bedrò or *bȅdro n

1. thigh

Inflection

Declension of *bedrò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bedrò	*bèdrě	*bedrà
genitive	*bedrà	*bedrù	*bèdrъ
dative	*bedrù	*bedròma	*bedròmъ
accusative	*bedrò	*bèdrě	*bedrà
instrumental	*bedrъ̀mь, *bedròmь*	*bedròma	*bèdry
locative	*bedrě̀	*bedrù	*bèdrěxъ
vocative	*bedrò	*bèdrě	*bedrà

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

Declension of *bȅdro (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȅdro	*bȅdrě	*bedrà
genitive	*bȅdra	*bedrù	*bèdrъ
dative	*bȅdru	*bedromà	*bedròmъ
accusative	*bȅdro	*bȅdrě	*bedrà
instrumental	*bȅdrъmь, *bȅdromь*	*bedromà	*bedrý
locative	*bȅdrě	*bedrù	*bedrě̃xъ
vocative	*bedro	*bȅdrě	*bedrà

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

Alternative forms

• *bedrà

Derived terms

• *bedratъ
• *bedrenica
• *bedrenikъ
• *bedrenьcь
• *bedrьce
• *bedrьnъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: бядро́ (bjadró)
  • Russian: бедро́ (bedró)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бедро́ (bedró)
  • Macedonian: бе́дро (bédro)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бѐдро

    Latin script: bèdro

  • Slovene: bédro (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bedra
  • Slovak: bedro
  • Polish: biodro
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bjedro
    • Lower Sorbian: b́edro

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bedro”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 01 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 175
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бедро”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress