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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrxъ

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 *wíršus. Cognate with Lithuanian viršùs, Latvian virsus/virsa.

Noun

*vь̃rxъ m[1][2]

  1. top

Declension
Declension of *vь̃rxъ (u-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *vь̃rxъ *vьrxỳ *vьrxòve
genitive *vьrxù *vьrxòvu *vьrxòvъ
dative *vьrxòvi *vь̃rxъma *vьrxъ̀mъ
accusative *vь̃rxъ *vьrxỳ *vьrxỳ
instrumental *vьrxъ̀mь *vь̃rxъma *vь̃rxъmī
locative *vь̃rxu *vьrxòvu *vьrxъ̀xъ
vocative *vьrxu *vьrxỳ *vьrxòve

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вьрхъ (vĭrxŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: верхъ (verx)
      • Russian: верх (verx), верёх (verjóx) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vrch
      • Czech: vrch
        • Moravian (Mistřice): vŕch
    • Polabian: varx
    • Old Polish: wierzch
    • Slovak: vrch, vŕšok
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wjerch
      • Lower Sorbian: wjeŕch
  • Non-Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vь̀rxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 538: “m. u (b) ‘top, upper part’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “vьrxъ vьrxu”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 128; SA 21, 30, 33; PR 134); d (OSA 148f.) top”
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