Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nerstъ

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

*nerestь f

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nérśtas. Cognate with Latvian nȩ̄̀rsts (“spawning”), Lithuanian ner̃štas (“spawning”).

Noun

*nȇrstъ m

spawning

Declension

Declension of *nȇrstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȇrstъ	*nȇrsta	*nȇrsti
genitive	*nȇrsta	*nerstù	*nẽrstъ
dative	*nȇrstu	*nerstomà	*nerstòmъ
accusative	*nȇrstъ	*nȇrsta	*nȇrsty
instrumental	nȇrstъmь, nȇrstomь^*	*nerstomà	*nerstý
locative	*nȇrstě	*nerstù	*nerstě̃xъ
vocative	*nerste	*nȇrsta	*nȇrsti

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

Related terms

*norstъ, *norstь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: нерестъ m (nerestŭ)
- Belarusian: не́раст m (njérast)
- Russian: не́рест m (nérest)
- Ukrainian: не́рест m (nérest)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мре̑ст f
  
  Latin script: mrȇst f
- Slovene: drest m, mrest m
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: neřest f
- Old Polish: *nrzost, mrzost
  - Polish: mrzost m (dialectal), nerest m (dialectal)
- Slovak: neres m (dialectal), neresť f (dialectal)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȇrstъ; *nȇrstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “не́рест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress