Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzьňь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

• *berzьnъ

Etymology

From *berza (“birch”) +‎ *-ьňь.

Noun

*berzьňь m

1. March; April

Inflection

Declension of *berzьňь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*berzьňь	*berzьňa	*berzьňi
genitive	*berzьňa	*berzьňu	*berzьňь
dative	*berzьňu	*berzьňema	*berzьňemъ
accusative	*berzьňь	*berzьňa	*berzьňę̇
instrumental	*berzьňьmь, *berzьňemь*	*berzьňema	*berzьňi
locative	*berzьňi	*berzьňu	*berzьňixъ
vocative	*berzьňu	*berzьňa	*berzьňi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь 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 script: брезан

    Latin script: brezan

  • Slovene: brézen
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: březen
  • Polish brzezień

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) *berzьňь, *květьňь, *travьňь, *čьrvьňь, *lipьňь, *sьrpьňь, *versьňь, *řujьnъ, *listopadъ, *grudьňь, *prosinьcь, *sěčьňь, ^{(Category: sla-pro:Months)}

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berzьnъ / berzьnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 209