Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bersto
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀźta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-t-óm, from *bʰerHǵós (“birch”).
Noun
Related terms
Declension
Declension of *bersto (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bersto | *berstě | *bersta |
| genitive | *bersta | *berstu | *berstъ |
| dative | *berstu | *berstoma | *berstomъ |
| accusative | *bersto | *berstě | *bersta |
| instrumental | *berstъmь, *berstomь* | *berstoma | *bersty |
| locative | *berstě | *berstu | *berstěxъ |
| vocative | *bersto | *berstě | *bersta |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bersto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 198
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bersta : bersto : berstъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 208
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “берё́ста”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 127