Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/bérˀźas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Noun

*bérˀźas m[1][2]

birch

Inflection

Declension of *bérˀźas (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*bérˀźas	*bérˀźōˀ	*bérˀźai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*bérˀźan	*bérˀźōˀ	*bérˀźō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*bérˀźā	*bérˀźāu⁽ˀ⁾	*bérˀźōn
Locative	*bérˀźai	*bérˀźāu⁽ˀ⁾	*bérˀźaišu
Dative	*bérˀźōi	*bérˀźamā⁽ˀ⁾	*bérˀźamas
Instrumental	*bérˀźōˀ	*bérˀźamāˀ	*bérˀźōis
Vocative	*bérˀźe	*bérˀźōˀ	*bérˀźai⁽ˀ⁾

Alternative forms

*berˀźāˀ f

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: bērzs, bērze, bērza
- Lithuanian: béržas
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: berse (i.e. berze)
Proto-Slavic: *bèrzъ m, *berza f (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bèrza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “*bérʔźos; *bérʔźaʔ”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “beržas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “*bérʔź-o-; *bérʔź-aʔ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bèrza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “*bérʔźos; *bérʔźaʔ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “beržas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “*bérʔź-o-; *bérʔź-aʔ”