Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bugъrъ

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-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (to bend). Cognate with Latvian bаugurs (hill).

Noun

*bugъrъ m

  1. hill, hillock
  2. bump (protuberance)

Inflection

Declension of *bugъrъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bugъrъ *bugъra *bugъri
genitive *bugъra *bugъru *bugъrъ
dative *bugъru *bugъroma *bugъromъ
accusative *bugъrъ *bugъra *bugъry
instrumental *bugъrъmь, *bugъromь* *bugъroma *bugъry
locative *bugъrě *bugъru *bugъrěxъ
vocative *bugъre *bugъra *bugъri

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

  • *bugъla (instrumental noun)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: буго́р (buhór)
    • Russian: буго́р (bugór)
    • Ukrainian: бугі́р (buhír), буге́р (buhér)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бугор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bugъrъ/*bugorъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 79