Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrša
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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-Indo-European:
- Cognate with Proto-Germanic *werką (> Old High German werc (“work”)), *wirkijaną (> Old High German wirken (“to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving”))
- Cognate with Lithuanian veržỹs.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian váržas, Latvian var̂za.
Noun
*vь̀rša f
Inflection
Declension of *vь̀rša (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vь̀rša | *vь̀rši | *vь̀ršę̇ |
| genitive | *vь̀ršę̇ | *vь̀ršu | *vь̀ršь |
| dative | *vь̀ršī | *vь̀ršama | *vь̀ršāmъ |
| accusative | *vь̀ršǫ | *vь̀rši | *vь̀ršę̇ |
| instrumental | *vь̀ršējǫ, *vь̀ršǭ* | *vь̀ršama | *vь̀ršāmī |
| locative | *vь̀ršī | *vь̀ršu | *vь̀ršāsъ |
| vocative | *vь̀rše | *vь̀rši | *vь̀ršę̇ |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “верша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вьрша, врьша”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 467