Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzьnъ

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

Alternative forms

*berzьnь

Etymology

From *berza (“birch”) +‎ *-ьnъ.

Noun

*berzьnъ m

March; April

Inflection

Declension of *berzьnъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*berzьnъ	*berzьna	*berzьni
genitive	*berzьna	*berzьnu	*berzьnъ
dative	*berzьnu	*berzьnoma	*berzьnomъ
accusative	*berzьnъ	*berzьna	*berzьny
instrumental	berzьnъmь, berzьnomь^*	*berzьnoma	*berzьny
locative	*berzьně	*berzьnu	*berzьněxъ
vocative	*berzьne	*berzьna	*berzьni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: березень (berezenʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: брѣзьнъ (brězĭnŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⱑⰸⱐⱀⱏ (brězĭnŭ)
- Bulgarian: бре́зен (brézen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: брезан
  
  Latin script: brezan
- Slovene: brézen
West Slavic:
- Czech: březen
- Polish brzezień

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzьnъ / berzьnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 209

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