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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bergъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰos, from *bʰerǵʰ-
- Inherited but with irregular reflex g<ǵʰ (insted of 'z')
- Borrowed during prehistory from Germanic or Venetic-Illyrian language
Noun
Inflection
Though it is traditionally reconstructed as a hard o-stem, Pronk-Tiethoff suggests that *bergъ was probably a u-stem instead, noting its accentuation and its reflexes found in Russian, e.g. the “second locative” na beregú and the adjective formation beregovój.
Declension of *bȇrgъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *bȇrgъ | *bȇrga | *bȇrdzi |
Accusative | *bȇrgъ | *bȇrga | *bȇrgy |
Genitive | *bȇrga | *bergù | *bẽrgъ |
Locative | *bȇrdzě | *bergù | *berdzě̃xъ |
Dative | *bȇrgu | *bergomà | *bergòmъ |
Instrumental | *bȇrgъmь, *bȇrgomь* | *bergomà | *bergý |
Vocative | *berže | *bȇrga | *bȇrdzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *bȇrgъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *bȇrgъ | *bȇrgy | *bȇrgove |
Accusative | *bȇrgъ | *bȇrgy | *bȇrgy |
Genitive | *bȇrgu | *bergovù | *bergòvъ |
Locative | *bergú | *bergovù | *bȇrgъxъ |
Dative | *bȇrgovi | *bergъmà | *bȇrgъmъ |
Instrumental | *bȇrgъmь | *bergъmà | *bergъmì |
Vocative | *bergu | *bȇrgy | *bȇrgove |
Derived terms
- *bergatъ
- *bergovitъ
- *bergovъ
- *bergulja / *bergulica (“coastal swallow”)
- *bergyni (“coastal fairy, mermaid”)
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “берег”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȇrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37: “m. o (c) ‘bank’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “bergъ -a”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 139f.; PR 137)”
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