Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Russian Old Church Slavonic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *berza. Doublet of береза (bereza), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbreːzɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrʲeːza/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbrʲeːza/

Noun edit

брѣза (brězaf

  1. birch

Declension edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “брѣза”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 186