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

*berstъ m, *bersta f

Etymology

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

Noun

*bersto n^[1]^[2]^[3]

birchbark (bark of the birch tree)

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)
  - Old Pskovian: беросто (berośto)
West Slavic:
- Middle Polish: brzosto (1584)
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: brzóstwô

References

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

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bersto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 198

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bersta : bersto : berstъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 208

[3] Anikin, A. E. (2009) “берё́ста”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 127

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