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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berstъ

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 *berˀźtas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-tó-s, from *bʰerHǵós (“birch”).

Noun

*bẽrstъ or *bȇrstъ m[1][2]

  1. elm
    Synonyms: *vęzъ, *jьlьmъ

Declension
Declension of *bẽrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *bẽrstъ *bērstà *bērstì
genitive *bērstà *bērstù *bẽrstъ
dative *bērstù *bērstòma *bērstòmъ
accusative *bẽrstъ *bērstà *bērstỳ
instrumental *bērstъ̀mь, *bērstòmь* *bērstòma *bẽrsty
locative *bērstě̀ *bērstù *bẽrstěxъ
vocative *berste *bērstà *bērstì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *bȇrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *bȇrstъ *bȇrsta *bȇrsti
genitive *bȇrsta *berstù *bẽrstъ
dative *bȇrstu *berstomà *berstòmъ
accusative *bȇrstъ *bȇrsta *bȇrsty
instrumental *bȇrstъmь, *bȇrstomь* *berstomà *berstý
locative *bȇrstě *berstù *berstě̃xъ
vocative *berste *bȇrsta *bȇrsti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • *berstěnъ
  • *berstika
  • *berstikъ
  • *berstina
  • *berstovъ
  • *berstь
  • *berstьje

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Belarusian: берестъ (berest)
    • Russian: бе́рест (bérest)
    • Ukrainian: бе́рест (bérest)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: břěst
      • Czech: břest
    • Polish: brzost
    • Slovak: brest
    • Sorbian:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berstъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 199

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*berstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 37: “m. o (b/c) ‘elm’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “berstъ -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b elm (NA 120; SA 156)”
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