Lower Sorbian

Noun

broń f

1. weapon

Declension

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 57. ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6

Polish

Etymology

• From Proto-Slavic *bȏrnь^[1][2], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bor-n-i-^[2], from Proto-Indo-European *bʰorH-n-i-^[2]. Cognate with Lower Sorbian broń^[2] and Lithuanian bar̃nis ‎(“quarrel”)^[1][2]. See also Old Polish brodło ‎(“haystack”). Direct meaning: something that can be used for defence (see bronić).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brɔ̃ɲ]

Noun

broń f

1. weapon, weaponry

Declension

Synonyms

• oręż

Hyponyms

• armata
• karabin
• kusza
• łuk
• maczuga
• miecz
• muszkiet
• nóż
• pistolet
• strzelba

Related terms

• (verb) bronić
• (noun) obrona f

Verb

broń

1. second-person singular imperative of bronić

References

1. 1 2 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 42
2. 1 2 3 4 5 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 57. ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6