Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verskъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verskъ

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 1

An alternative form of *vȇrsъ perhaps a *-(s)k- suffix. Cognates include Proto-Celtic *wroikos and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).[1][2]

Noun

*vȇrskъ m[3]

1. Alternative form of *vȇrsъ (“heather”)

Declension

Declension of *vȇrskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vȇrskъ	*vȇrska	*vȇrsci
Accusative	*vȇrskъ	*vȇrska	*vȇrsky
Genitive	*vȇrska	*verskù	*vẽrskъ
Locative	*vȇrscě	*verskù	*verscě̃xъ
Dative	*vȇrsku	*verskomà	*verskòmъ
Instrumental	*vȇrskъmь, *vȇrskomь*	*verskomà	*verský
Vocative	*veršče	*vȇrska	*vȇrsci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ве́реск (véresk)

Etymology 2

From *vьrati (“to shout, to lie”) +‎ *-skъ, onomatopoeic in nature. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to put in word”).

Noun

*vèrskъ m[4]

1. scream, cry

Declension

Declension of *vẽrskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vẽrskъ	*vērskà	*vērscì
Accusative	*vẽrskъ	*vērskà	*vērskỳ
Genitive	*vērskà	*vērskù	*vẽrskъ
Locative	*vērscě̀	*vērskù	*vẽrscěxъ
Dative	*vērskù	*vērskòma	*vērskòmъ
Instrumental	*vērskъ̀mь, *vērskòmь*	*vērskòma	*vẽrsky
Vocative	*veršče	*vērskà	*vērscì

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

Related terms

• *verščiti (“to scream, to shriek”)
• *verva (“scuffle”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ве́рескъ (véresk)
    • Belarusian: ве́раск (vjérask)
    • Ukrainian: ве́реск (véresk)
  • Russian: верезга́ (verezgá)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: вря́сък (vrjásǎk)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ври̑сак

    Latin: vrȋsak

  • Slovene: vrẹ̀sk
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vřesk
  • Polish: wrzask

Further reading

• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “врясък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 193

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȇrsъ; *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516: “m. o (c) ‘heather’”
4. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vreščáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “vrȅsk”