Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berstъ
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀźtas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-tó-s, from *bʰerHǵós (“birch”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *bẽrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bẽrstъ | *bērstà | *bērstì |
| genitive | *bērstà | *bērstù | *bẽrstъ |
| dative | *bērstù | *bērstòma | *bērstòmъ |
| accusative | *bẽrstъ | *bērstà | *bērstỳ |
| instrumental | *bērstъ̀mь, *bērstòmь* | *bērstòma | *bẽrsty |
| locative | *bērstě̀ | *bērstù | *bẽrstěxъ |
| vocative | *berste | *bērstà | *bērstì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *bȇrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bȇrstъ | *bȇrsta | *bȇrsti |
| genitive | *bȇrsta | *berstù | *bẽrstъ |
| dative | *bȇrstu | *berstomà | *berstòmъ |
| accusative | *bȇrstъ | *bȇrsta | *bȇrsty |
| instrumental | *bȇrstъmь, *bȇrstomь* | *berstomà | *berstý |
| locative | *bȇrstě | *berstù | *berstě̃xъ |
| vocative | *berste | *bȇrsta | *bȇrsti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berstъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 199
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*berstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 37: “m. o (b/c) ‘elm’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “berstъ -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b elm (NA 120; SA 156)”