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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrša

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-Indo-European:

  • Derksen: *wrǵ- (see *werǵ-); Therefore from earlier *virzsjā. Morphologically *vьrz- +‎ *-ša.
Cognate with Proto-Germanic *werką (> Old High German werc (“work”)), *wirkijaną (> Old High German wirken (“to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving”))
  • Vasmer: *werǵʰsyeh₂ (see *werǵʰ-) or *vьrxъ +‎ *-ja (< *wrs- / *wers-).
Cognate with Lithuanian veržỹs.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian váržas, Latvian var̂za.

Noun

*vь̀rša f

  1. fishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers

Inflection
Declension of *vь̀rša (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vь̀rša *vь̀rši *vь̀ršę̇
Accusative *vь̀ršǫ *vь̀rši *vь̀ršę̇
Genitive *vь̀ršę̇ *vь̀ršu *vь̀ršь
Locative *vь̀ršī *vь̀ršu *vь̀ršāsъ
Dative *vь̀ršī *vь̀ršama *vь̀ršāmъ
Instrumental *vь̀ršējǫ, *vь̀ršǭ* *vь̀ršama *vь̀ršāmī
Vocative *vь̀rše *vь̀rši *vь̀ršę̇
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

See also
  • *povorzъ, *pavorzъ (“cord”) (< PIE *worǵʰos)
  • *versъ, *verskъ (“heather”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вьрша (vĭrša), врьша (vrĭša)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vrše
    • Polish: wiersza
    • Slovak: vrša, vrš
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wjerša
      • Lower Sorbian: wjerša

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “верша”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “вьрша, врьша”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 467
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