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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verskъ
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]
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”).
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
Further reading
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “врясък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 193
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’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “vreščáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “vrȅsk”
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