Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čersъ

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)kersas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- (“to cut”), extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Latvian šķērss (“transverse, cross”), Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, cross”), Old Prussian kērscha, kirscha (“transverse, cross”).

Preposition

*čersъ[1][2]

  1. over, through
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чересъ (čeresŭ), черосъ (čerosŭ), черезъ (čerezŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: чрѣсъ (črěsŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱍⱃⱑⱄⱏ (črěsŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
      Cyrillic script: чре̏з
      Latin script: črȅz
    • Slovene: črez

Etymology 2

Possibly related to the preposition above, to *čerslo (“thighs”), and to Proto-Celtic *krissus (“belt”).

Noun

*čersъ m

  1. leather belt with purse for money, bysack-girdle, money belt
Declension
Declension of *čersъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čersъ *čersa *čersi
genitive *čersa *čersu *čersъ
dative *čersu *čersoma *čersomъ
accusative *čersъ *čersa *čersy
instrumental *čersъmь, *čersomь* *čersoma *čersy
locative *čersě *čersu *čersěxъ
vocative *čerse *čersa *čersi

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

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чересъ (čeresŭ)
      • Russian: че́рез (čérez), че́рес (čéres), че́реслъ (čéresl), че́реселъ (čéresel)
      • Ukrainian: че́рес (čéres)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Russian Church Slavonic: чресленикъ (čreslenikŭ)
      • → Russian: чре́сленник (čréslennik)
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: třos
    • Old Polish: czrzos
    • Slovak: čeres
Further reading
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/čersъ”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 651
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́рез”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čersъ; *čerzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “prep. ‘over, through’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čersъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”
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