bērzs
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EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Baltic *berž-, perhaps Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, *berźā[1] (with the long ē caused by the level intonation: er̄ > ēːr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵs,[2] a nominalized adjectival form, originally meaning “bright; white” (compare Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄 (bairht, “light, bright”), English bright), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“bright, light brown”). Dialectal bērze is closer to Old Prussian, while dialectal bērza is closer to Slavic. Cognates include Lithuanian béržas, Old Prussian berse, Proto-Slavic *berza (Old Church Slavonic брѣза (brěza), Russian берёза (berjóza), Belarusian бяро́за (bjaróza), Ukrainian береза (beréza), Bulgarian бреза (brezá), Czech bříza, Polish brzoza), Old English beorc, Old High German birka, English birch, German Birke, Sanskrit भूर्जः (bhūrjáḥ), Latin frāxinus (“ash tree”) (< *bherg-s-enos). [3]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bērzs m (1st declension)
- birch tree (gen. Betula)
- bērza lapa, malka, tāss ― birch leaf, wood, bark
- purva bērzs ― bog birch
- āra bērzs ― silver birch, European white birch
- nocirst bērzu ― to cut down a birch tree
- bērzu sula ― birch juice
- bērzu slota ― birch broom
- sasiet bērza zarus slotā ― to tie birch branches into a broom
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ “beržas” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “bērzs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN