Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berzozolъ

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 form

• *berzozoľь

Etymology

From *bèrza (“birch”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *zol- +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*berzozolъ m

1. (East Slavic) March; April

Inflection

Declension of *berzozolъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*berzozolъ	*berzozola	*berzozoli
genitive	*berzozola	*berzozolu	*berzozolъ
dative	*berzozolu	*berzozoloma	*berzozolomъ
accusative	*berzozolъ	*berzozola	*berzozoly
instrumental	*berzozolъmь, *berzozolomь*	*berzozoloma	*berzozoly
locative	*berzozolě	*berzozolu	*berzozolěxъ
vocative	*berzozole	*berzozola	*berzozoli

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: березозолъ (berezozolŭ) (1144, 1383)
    • Old Ruthenian: березо́золь (berezózolʹ) (1691)
      • Ukrainian: березозі́ль (berezozílʹ), березозі́л (berezozíl), березозо́л (berezozól, “March; April”) (dialectal, archaic)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: бе́резі́ль (bérezílʹ), березо́ль (berezólʹ, “March; April”) (archaic)
          • → Middle Polish: brzezol (“March”) (1775)
    • Russian: березо́зол (berezózol), березо́золь (berezózolʹ, “March; April”) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: брѣзозолъ (brězozolŭ, “April”)

See also

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

Further reading

• Anikin, A. E. (2009) “березо́зол”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 118: “*berzozolъ ― *berzozol”
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бе́резі́ль”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 172: “*berzozolъ (*berzozolь) ― *berzozol (*berzozolʹ)”
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “березі́ль”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 110
• Vasmer, Max (1964) “березозол”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – Д), Moscow: Progress, page 154