Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrxy

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 *śirˀšō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“hornet”).

Noun

*sьrxy m^[1]^[2]

hornet

Inflection

Declension of *sьrxy (n-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьrxy	*sьršeni	*sьršene
genitive	*sьršene	*sьršenu	*sьršenъ
dative	*sьršeni	*sьršenьma	*sьršenьmъ
accusative	*sьršenь	*sьršeni	*sьršeni
instrumental	*sьršenьmь	*sьršenьma	*sьršenьmi
locative	*sьršene	*sьršenu	*sьršenьxъ
vocative	*sьrxy	*sьršeni	*sьršene

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сьршень (sĭršenĭ), шьршень (šĭršenĭ)
  - Belarusian: шэ́ршань (šéršanʹ)
  - Russian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ)
  - Ukrainian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: стръшень (strŭšenĭ), сръшень (srŭšenĭ)
- Bulgarian: стъ́ршел (stǎ́ršel), щъ́рсел (štǎ́rsel)
- Macedonian: стршен (stršen), стршлен (stršlen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ср̏ше̄н, стр̏шљен
  
  Latin script: sȑšen, stȑšljēn
- Slovene: sršȅn, sršẹ̑n, sŕšen (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sršen
  - Czech: sršeň
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): sršán
    - Moravian (Mistřice): sršeň
- Old Polish: sirszeń
  - Polish: szerszeń
  - Silesian: siersiyń
- Polabian: sarsin
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: szerszéń
  - Slovincian: serszeń
- Slovak: sršeň
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: šeršeń
  - Upper Sorbian: šeršeń

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьršenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “m. jo ‘hornet’”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sŕšen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sьršę̍, tož. *sь̑ršenь”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьršenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “m. jo ‘hornet’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “sŕšen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sьršę̍, tož. *sь̑ršenь”

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