Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/beržan(in)ъ

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 *bergъ (“bank”) +‎ *-janinъ.

Noun

*beržan(in)ъ m

coastal dweller

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бережане pl (berežane)
  - Russian: бережа́не pl (berežáne) (dialectal), бережа́на pl (berežána)
  - Ukrainian: бережа́н (berežán)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: brežàn
West Slavic:
- Czech: bŕežanín

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*beržan(in)ъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 209