berse

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Old French

Verb

berse

  1. inflection of berser:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old Prussian

Etymology

Berse = berze, with s due to German orthography. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, *berźā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *berza, Latvian bȩ̃rzs, bẽrze and Lithuanian béržas.

Noun

berse f

  1. birch
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Birke   Berse

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38
  • beržas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012