Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berstъ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀźtas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-tó-s, from *bʰerHǵós (“birch”).

Noun

*bẽrstъ or *bȇrstъ m^[1]^[2]

elm
Synonyms: *vęzъ, *jьlьmъ

Declension

Declension of *bẽrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bẽrstъ	*bērstà	*bērstì
genitive	*bērstà	*bērstù	*bẽrstъ
dative	*bērstù	*bērstòma	*bērstòmъ
accusative	*bẽrstъ	*bērstà	*bērstỳ
instrumental	bērstъ̀mь, bērstòmь^*	*bērstòma	*bẽrsty
locative	*bērstě̀	*bērstù	*bẽrstěxъ
vocative	*berste	*bērstà	*bērstì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Declension of *bȇrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȇrstъ	*bȇrsta	*bȇrsti
genitive	*bȇrsta	*berstù	*bẽrstъ
dative	*bȇrstu	*berstomà	*berstòmъ
accusative	*bȇrstъ	*bȇrsta	*bȇrsty
instrumental	bȇrstъmь, bȇrstomь^*	*berstomà	*berstý
locative	*bȇrstě	*berstù	*berstě̃xъ
vocative	*berste	*bȇrsta	*bȇrsti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*berstěnъ
*berstika
*berstikъ
*berstina
*berstь
*berstьje
*berstovъ

Related terms

*berza
*bersta
*bersto

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Middle Belarusian: берестъ (berest)
  - Belarusian: бе́раст (bjérast)
- Russian: бе́рест (bérest)
- Ukrainian: бе́рест (bérest)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: брѣстъ (brěstŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱃⱑⱄⱅⱏ (brěstŭ)
- Bulgarian: бряст (brjast), брест (brest)
- Macedonian: брест (brest)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: брест, бријест
  
  Latin script: brest, brijest
- Slovene: brẹ̄st, brȅst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: břěst
  - Czech: břest
- Old Polish: brzost
  - Polish: brzost, brzóst (Near Masovian)
  - Silesian: brzost
- Slovak: brest
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: brzóst
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: brěšć

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*berstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37: “m. o (b/c) ‘elm’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “berstъ -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b elm (NA 120; SA 156)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*berstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37: “m. o (b/c) ‘elm’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “berstъ -a”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b elm (NA 120; SA 156)”

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