Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzьnъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*berzьnь

Etymology

From *berza (“birch”) +‎ *-ьnъ

Noun

*berzьnъ m

March; April

Inflection

Declension of *berzьnъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*berzьnъ	*berzьna	*berzьni
Accusative	*berzьnъ	*berzьna	*berzьny
Genitive	*berzьna	*berzьnu	*berzьnъ
Locative	*berzьně	*berzьnu	*berzьněxъ
Dative	*berzьnu	*berzьnoma	*berzьnomъ
Instrumental	berzьnъmь, berzьnomь^*	*berzьnoma	*berzьny
Vocative	*berzьne	*berzьna	*berzьni

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: березень (berezenʹ)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: брѣзьнъ (brězĭnŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⱑⰸⱐⱀⱏ (brězĭnŭ)
- Bulgarian: бре́зен (brézen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: брезан
  
  Latin: brezan
- Slovene: brézen

West Slavic:
- Czech: březen
- Polish brzezień

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzьnъ / berzьnь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 01, Moscow: Nauka, page 209

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