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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verskъ

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 1

An alternative form of *vȇrsъ perhaps a *-(s)k- suffix. Cognates include Proto-Celtic *wroikos and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).[1][2]

Noun

*vȇrskъ m [3]

  1. Alternative form of *vȇrsъ (“heather”)
Declension
Declension of *vȇrskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vȇrskъ *vȇrska *vȇrsci
Accusative *vȇrskъ *vȇrska *vȇrsky
Genitive *vȇrska *verskù *vẽrskъ
Locative *vȇrscě *verskù *verscě̃xъ
Dative *vȇrsku *verskomà *verskòmъ
Instrumental *vȇrskъmь, *vȇrskomь* *verskomà *verský
Vocative *veršče *vȇrska *vȇrsci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants

Etymology 2

From *vьrati (“to shout, to lie”) +‎ *-skъ, onomatopoeic in nature. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to put in word”).

Noun

*vèrskъ m [4]

  1. scream, cry
Declension
Declension of *vẽrskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vẽrskъ *vērskà *vērscì
Accusative *vẽrskъ *vērskà *vērskỳ
Genitive *vērskà *vērskù *vẽrskъ
Locative *vērscě̀ *vērskù *vẽrscěxъ
Dative *vērskù *vērskòma *vērskòmъ
Instrumental *vērskъ̀mь, *vērskòmь* *vērskòma *vẽrsky
Vocative *veršče *vērskà *vērscì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *verščiti (“to scream, to shriek”)
  • *verva (“scuffle”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: верезга́ (verezgá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: вря̀сък (vrjàsǎk)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ври̑сак
      Latin: vrȋsak
    • Slovene: vrẹ̀sk
  • West Slavic:
Further reading
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “врясък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 193

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐρείκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȇrsъ; *vȇrskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516: “m. o (c) ‘heather’”
  4. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vreščáti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “vrȅsk”
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