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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrxy

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 *śirˀšō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“hornet”).

Noun

*sьrxy m[1][2]

  1. hornet

Inflection
Declension of *sьrxy (n-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sьrxy *sьršeni *sьršene
genitive *sьršene *sьršenu *sьršenъ
dative *sьršeni *sьršenьma *sьršenьmъ
accusative *sьršenь *sьršeni *sьršeni
instrumental *sьršenьmь *sьršenьma *sьršenьmi
locative *sьršene *sьršenu *sьršenьxъ
vocative *sьrxy *sьršeni *sьršene

See also

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сьршень (sĭršenĭ), шьршень (šĭršenĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: sršen
      • Czech: sršeň
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): sršán
        • Moravian (Mistřice): sršeň
    • Kashubian: szerszéń
    • Old Polish: sierszeń
    • Polabian: sarsin
    • Slovak: sršeň
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: šeršeń
      • Upper Sorbian: šeršeń

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шершень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьršenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 485: “m. jo ‘hornet’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “sŕšen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sьršę̍, tož. *sь̑ršenь”
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