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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/beržaninъ

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 *bergъ (“bank, shore”) +‎ *-janinъ.

Noun

*beržaninъ m[1][2]

  1. resident, dweller of the shore, coast.

Declension
Declension of *beržaninъ
Case Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *beržaninъ *beržanina *beržane
Accusative *beržaninъ *beržanina *beržany
Genitive *beržaninа *beržaninu *beržanъ
Locative *beržanině *beržaninu *beržanьxъ
Dative *beržaninu *beržaninoma *beržanьmъ
Instrumental *beržaninomь *beržaninoma *beržany
Vocative *beržanine *beržanina *beržane

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бережане pl (berežane)
      • Ukrainian: Бережане (Berežane, toponym)
      • Russian: бережа́не pl (berežáne), бережа́на pl (berežána)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бре̏жанин (obsolete), Бре̏жанӣн (personal name), Бре̏жа̄ни pl (toponym)
      Latin script: brȅžanin (obsolete), Brȅžanīn (personal name), Brȅžāni pl (toponym)
    • Slovene: brežàn m, brežánka f
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: břěžěnín
      • ⇒ Old Czech: Břěžěné, Břěžany (toponyms)
    • Polish: (dated) brzeżanin
      • ⇒ Polish: Brzeżany (toponym)
      • → Czech: břežanin

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*beržan(in)ъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 209
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “beržaninъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 214
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