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. 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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• *berza
• *bersta
• *bersto

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old 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
  • Polish: brzost
  • Slovak: brest
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: brěšć
    • Upper Sorbian:

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berstъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 199