Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bersto

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀźta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-t-óm, from *bʰerHǵós (“birch”).

Noun

*bersto n[1][2][3]

  1. birchbark (bark of the birch tree)
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerHǵ- (0 c, 2 e)

Declension

Declension of *bersto (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bersto *berstě *bersta
genitive *bersta *berstu *berstъ
dative *berstu *berstoma *berstomъ
accusative *bersto *berstě *bersta
instrumental *berstъmь, *berstomь* *berstoma *bersty
locative *berstě *berstu *berstěxъ
vocative *bersto *berstě *bersta

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бересто (beresto)
      • Ukrainian: берéзто (berézto) (dialectal)
      • Russian: бе́ре́сто́ (béréstó), берёсто (berjósto) (dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: бересто (beresto)
  • West Slavic:
    • Middle Polish: brzosto (1584)
    • Pomeranian:
      • Slovincian: brzóstwô

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bersto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 198
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bersta : bersto : berstъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 208
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “берё́ста”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 127
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