bèrza

bèrza Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `birch'

Page in Trubačev: I 201-203

Church Slavic:

brěza `birch' [f ā]

Russian:

berëza `birch' [f ā]

Belorussian:

bjaróza `birch' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

beréza `birch' [f ā]

Czech:

bříza `birch' [f ā]

Slovak:

breza `birch' [f ā]

Polish:

brzoza `birch' [f ā]

Slovincian:

břùo̯za `birch' [f ā]

Upper Sorbian:

brěza `birch' [f ā]

Lower Sorbian:

brjaza `birch' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

brȅza `birch' [f ā];

brȅz `birch' [m o]

Slovene:

brẹ́za `birch' [f ā];

brẹ̀z `birch' [m o]

Bulgarian:

brezá `birch' [f ā]

Macedonian:

breza `birch' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: bérʔźos; bérʔźaʔ

Lithuanian:

béržas `birch' [m o] 3

Latvian:

bę̃rzs `birch' [m o]

Old Prussian:

berse `birch'

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰerHǵ-o-

IE meaning: birch

Page in Pokorny: 139

Comments: The root may be identical with *bʰrh₁ǵ- `shine', cf. Skt. bhrā́jate- `id.'.

Other cognates:

Skt. bhūrjá- `kind of birch' [m o]