Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzujь

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *bèrza (birch) +‎ *-u- +‎ *-jь. Possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀźōj-.

Noun[edit]

*berzujь m[1]

  1. area with birches

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: Березуй (Berezuj, toponym) (17ᵗʰ c.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 207