Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrgъlězъ

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

Alternative forms

  • *bьrgъlь
  • *bьrglezъ

Noun

*bьrgъlězъ m

  1. nuthatch (bird)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: берглéз (bergléz)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бръглеш (brǎgleš)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бр̀глијез
      Latin script: brglijez
    • Slovene: bȓglez (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берглéз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrglězъ/*bьrglezъ/*bьrgъlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 166