Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьrgъlězъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative forms

• *bьrgъlь
• *bьrglezъ

Noun

*bьrgъlězъ m

1. nuthatch (bird)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: берглéз (bergléz)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бръглеш (brǎgleš)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бр̀глијез

    Latin script: brglijez

  • Slovene: bȓglez (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: brhel, brhlec
    • Czech: brhel, brhlík, brhlez
  • Old Polish: bargiel, bargieł
    • Polish: bargiel, bargieł
  • Slovak: brheľ, brhél, brhoľ, brhlík

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “берглéз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьrglězъ/*bьrglezъ/*bьrgъlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 166