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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berza

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 *bérˀźas, *bérˀźāˀ from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós. The term refers specially to birch species with white bark, like Betula pubescens. Other kinds of birch were known as *olьxa (“alder”) (also encountered as *elьxa in some descendants) because of their brownish bark.

Noun

*bèrza f[1][2][3][4]

  1. birch

Inflection
Declension of *bèrza (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *bèrza *bèrzě *bèrzy
genitive *bèrzy *bèrzu *bèrzъ
dative *bèrzě *bèrzama *bèrzamъ
accusative *bèrzǫ *bèrzě *bèrzy
instrumental *bèrzojǫ, *bèrzǭ** *bèrzama *bèrzamī
locative *bèrzě *bèrzu *bèrzasъ, *bèrzaxъ*
vocative *bèrzo *bèrzě *bèrzy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms
  • *berzavъ
  • *berzica
  • *berzika
  • *berzikъ
  • *berzina
  • *berzinъ
  • *berzovъ
    • *berzovica
    • *berzovikъ
    • *berzovina
    • *berzovьcь
    • *berzovьje
  • *berzozolъ
  • *berzujь
  • *berzъ
  • *berzъka
  • *berzьje
  • *berzьjь
  • *berzьnikъ
  • *berzьno
  • *berzьnъ, *berzьnь
  • *bersta
    • *bersto
  • *berstěnъ
  • *berstъ
    • *berstika
    • *berstikъ
    • *berstina
    • *berstovъ
    • *berstь
    • *berstьje

Descendants

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 201
  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 65ff
  • “beržas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bèrza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 38: “f. ā (a) ‘birch’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “berza -y”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155, 177; PR 132; RPT 107, 111)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “brẹ́za”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*be̋rza”
  4. Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 5: “*be̋rza”
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