Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bręždžati

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brenzg-. Cognate with Lithuanian breñgzti (to jingle).

Verb[edit]

*bręždžati[1]

  1. to jingle

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: брязжать (brjazžatʹ, to talk nonsense, jingle, strum) (dialectal)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bręždžati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 62:v. ‘jingle’