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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/versъ

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 *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vìržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”)), from an unknown non-Indo-European substrate source. Cognates include Proto-Celtic *wroikos and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).[1][2]

Pokorny suggests a connection to *vьrša (“fishing basket”), see also Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, quickly”).[3]

Noun

*vȇrsъ m[4]

  1. heather

Declension
Declension of *vȇrsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *vȇrsъ *vȇrsa *vȇrsi
genitive *vȇrsa *versù *vẽrsъ
dative *vȇrsu *versomà *versòmъ
accusative *vȇrsъ *vȇrsa *vȇrsy
instrumental *vȇrsъmь, *vȇrsomь* *versomà *versý
locative *vȇrsě *versù *versě̃xъ
vocative *verse *vȇrsa *vȇrsi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ве́рас (vjéras)
    • Ukrainian: ве́рес (véres)
    • ⇒ Russian: ве́реск (véresk)
    • Russian: ве́рес (véres) (juniper (dialectal))
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1154-55”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1154-55
  4. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȇrsъ; *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 516: “m. o (c) ‘heather’”
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