Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bérˀźas
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.
Noun
Inflection
Fixed accent.
| Declension of *bérˀźas (o-stem, unknown accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *bérˀźas | *bérˀźōˀ | *bérˀźai(ˀ) | |
| Accusative | *bérˀźan | *bérˀźōˀ | *bérˀźō(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *bérˀźā | *bérˀźāu(ˀ) | *bérˀźōn | |
| Locative | *bérˀźai | *bérˀźāu(ˀ) | *bérˀźaišu | |
| Dative | *bérˀźōi | *bérˀźamā(ˀ) | *bérˀźamas | |
| Instrumental | *bérˀźōˀ | *bérˀźamāˀ | *bérˀźōis | |
| Vocative | *bérˀźe | *bérˀźōˀ | *bérˀźai(ˀ) | |
Descendants
- Latvian: bȩ̃rzs, bẽrze
- Lithuanian: béržas
- Old Prussian: berse
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *bèrza (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ 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: “*bérʔźos; *bérʔźaʔ”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “beržas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “*bérʔź-o-; *bérʔź-aʔ”