Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bérˀźas

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.[1][2]

    Noun

    *bérˀźas m[1][2]

    1. birch

    Inflection

    Declension of *bérˀźas (o-stem, fixed 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)

    Alternative forms

    *berˀźāˀ f

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: bārzs
      • Latvian: bērzs (dialectal) bērze bērza
      • Lithuanian: béržas
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: berse (i.e. berze)
    • Proto-Slavic: *bèrzъ m, *berza f (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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”
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