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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀźas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Noun

*bèrzъ m

  1. birch

Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: бéрез (bérez) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: брȅз (dialectal)
      Latin script: brȅz (dialectal)
    • Slovene: brèz (tonal orthography)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 207
  • Anikin, A. E. (2009) “берёза I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 114

Adjective

*berzъ

  1. striped, white with black
  2. (relational) birch

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *березꙑи (*berezyi)
      • Ukrainian: *бере́зий (*berézyj)
      • ? Russian: берéзни (berézni) (dialectal)
      • Old East Slavic: Березꙑи (Berezyi) (toponym)
        • Old Ruthenian: Бере́зый (Berézyj)
          • Ukrainian: Бере́зий (Berézyj)
        • Russian: Бере́зый (Berézyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бря́з (brjáz)

Further reading

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