berzkość

Old Polish

Etymology

From *barzki + -ość, from barzy + -ki. First attested in c. 1418.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɛrskɔɕt͡ɕʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɛrskɔɕt͡ɕʲ/

Noun

berzkość f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) speed, quickness, fastness
    • 1876-1929 [c. 1418], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie[1], volume XIV, Kostrzyn, page 511:
      In subitacione v berskoscy, w rączosczi
      [In subitacione w berzkości, w rączości]
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