Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzujь

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 *bèrza (“birch”) +‎ *-u- +‎ *-jь. Possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀźōj-.

Noun

*berzujь m^[1]

area with birches

Declension

Declension of *bȇrzujь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bȇrzujь	*bȇrzuja	*bȇrzuji
genitive	*bȇrzuja	*berzujù	*berzũjь
dative	*bȇrzuju	*berzujemà	*berzujèmъ
accusative	*bȇrzujь	*bȇrzuja	*bȇrzuję̇
instrumental	bȇrzujьmь, bȇrzujemь^*	*berzujemà	*berzují
locative	*bȇrzuji	*berzujù	*berzujĩxъ
vocative	*berzuju	*bȇrzuja	*bȇrzuji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Middle Russian: Березуй (Berezuj, toponym) (17ᵗʰ c.)
  - Russian: Березуй (Berezuj)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 207

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzujь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 207

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