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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čersъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *(s)kerso-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-. Cognate with Latvian šk̨ḕrss (“transverse, cross”), Lithuanian sker̃sas (“transverse, cross”).

Preposition

*čersъ [1][2]

  1. over, through

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: черес (čeres), чересъ (čeresŭ), черосъ (čerosŭ), черезъ (čerezŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: чрѣсъ (črěsŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱍⱃⱑⱄⱏ (črěsŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: чре̏з (dialectal)
      Latin: črȅz
    • Slovene: črez

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čersъ; *čerzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “prep. ‘over, through’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “čersъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(prep. and prefix) (PR 146)”
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