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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| 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) |
Alternative forms
[edit]*berˀźāˀ f
Descendants
[edit]- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: berse (i.e. berze)
- Proto-Slavic: *bèrzъ m, *berza f (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bèrza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “*bérʔźos; *bérʔźaʔ”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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”