Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьrxy

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀšō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“hornet”).

Noun

*sьrxy m

1. hornet

Inflection

Declension of *sьrxy (n-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьrxy	*sьršeni	*sьršene
genitive	*sьršene	*sьršenu	*sьršenъ
dative	*sьršeni	*sьršenьma	*sьršenьmъ
accusative	*sьršenь	*sьršeni	*sьršeni
instrumental	*sьršenьmь	*sьršenьma	*sьršenьmi
locative	*sьršene	*sьršenu	*sьršenьxъ
vocative	*sьrxy	*sьršeni	*sьršene

See also

• *bǫbarъ (“beetle; bumblebee”)
• *bьčela (“bee”)
• *čьmeľь (“bumblebee”)
• *komarъ (“mosquito”)
• *muxa (“fly”)
• *osa (“wasp”)
• *sьrxy (“hornet”)
• *trǫtъ (“drone”)
• *žuža

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сьршень (sĭršenĭ), шьршень (šĭršenĭ)
    • Belarusian: шэ́ршань (šéršanʹ)
    • Russian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ше́ршень (šéršenʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: стръшень (strŭšenĭ), сръшень (srŭšenĭ)
  • Bulgarian: стъ́ршел (stǎ́ršel), щъ́рсел (štǎ́rsel)
  • Macedonian: стршен (stršen), стршлен (stršlen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ср̏ше̄н, стр̏шљен

    Latin script: sȑšen, stȑšljēn

  • Slovene: sršȅn, sršẹ̑n, sŕšen (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sršen
    • Czech: sršeň
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): sršán
      • Moravian (Mistřice): sršeň
  • Kashubian: szerszéń
  • Old Polish: sierszeń
    • Polish: szerszeń
  • Polabian: sarsin
  • Slovak: sršeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šeršeń
    • Upper Sorbian: šeršeń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шершень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress