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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/versъ
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vìržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”)), from an unknown non-Indo-European source. Cognates include Proto-Celtic *wroikos and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).[1][2]
Declension
Declension of *vȇrsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vȇrsъ | *vȇrsa | *vȇrsi |
| Accusative | *vȇrsъ | *vȇrsa | *vȇrsy |
| Genitive | *vȇrsa | *versù | *vẽrsъ |
| Locative | *vȇrsě | *versù | *versě̃xъ |
| Dative | *vȇrsu | *versomà | *versòmъ |
| Instrumental | *vȇrsъmь, *vȇrsomь* | *versomà | *versý |
| Vocative | *verse | *vȇrsa | *vȇrsi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
Descendants
References
- 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
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
- 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’”
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