Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čersъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)kerso-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-. Cognate with Latvian šk̨ḕrss (“transverse, cross”), Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, cross”).
Preposition
Alternative forms
- *čerzъ (later form)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Etymology 2
Possibly related to the preposition above, to *čerslo (“thighs”), and to Proto-Celtic *kridsus whence Irish crios (“belt”), Scottish Gaelic crios (“belt”), Breton krez (“smock, chemise, undershirt”), Welsh crys (“smock, chemise, undershirt”), Old Cornish kreis (“smock, chemise, undershirt”).
Noun
*čersъ m
Declension
Declension of *čersъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *čersъ | *čersa | *čersi |
genitive | *čersa | *čersu | *čersъ |
dative | *čersu | *čersoma | *čersomъ |
accusative | *čersъ | *čersa | *čersy |
instrumental | *čersъmь, *čersomь* | *čersoma | *čersy |
locative | *čersě | *čersu | *čersěxъ |
vocative | *čerse | *čersa | *čersi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian Church Slavonic: чресленикъ (čreslenikŭ)
- → Russian: чре́сленник (čréslennik)
- ⇒ Russian Church Slavonic: чресленикъ (čreslenikŭ)
Further reading
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/čersъ”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 651
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́рез”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čersъ; *čerzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 85: “prep. ‘over, through’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čersъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic prepositions
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine nouns
- sla-pro:Clothing
- sla-pro:Containers
- Proto-Slavic hard o-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard masculine o-stem nouns