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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.

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. 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. 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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