Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/beržaninъ

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 *bergъ (“bank, shore”) +‎ *-janinъ.

Noun

*beržaninъ m^[1]^[2]

resident, dweller of the shore, coast.

Declension

Declension of *beržaninъ

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*beržaninъ	*beržanina	*beržane
Accusative	*beržaninъ	*beržanina	*beržany
Genitive	*beržaninа	*beržaninu	*beržanъ
Locative	*beržanině	*beržaninu	*beržanьxъ
Dative	*beržaninu	*beržaninoma	*beržanьmъ
Instrumental	*beržaninomь	*beržaninoma	*beržany
Vocative	*beržanine	*beržanina	*beržane

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бережане pl (berežane)
  - Ukrainian: Бережане (Berežane, toponym)
  - Russian: бережа́не pl (berežáne), бережа́на pl (berežána)
    - ⇒ Russian: Бережани (Berežani, toponym)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бре̏жанин (obsolete), Бре̏жанӣн (personal name), Бре̏жа̄ни pl (toponym)
  
  Latin script: brȅžanin (obsolete), Brȅžanīn (personal name), Brȅžāni pl (toponym)
- Slovene: brežàn m, brežánka f
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: břěžěnín
  - ⇒ Old Czech: Břěžěné, Břěžany (toponyms)
- Polish: (dated) brzeżanin
  - ⇒ Polish: Brzeżany (toponym)
  - → Czech: břežanin

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*beržan(in)ъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 209
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “beržaninъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 214

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*beržan(in)ъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 209

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “beržaninъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 214

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