Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/versъ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *werˀź-, *wirˀź- (whence Lithuanian vìržis (“heather”), Latvian vir̂zis (“heather”)), from an unknown non-Indo-European substrate source. Cognates include Proto-Celtic *wroikos and Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heather”).

Pokorny suggests a connection to *vьrša (“fishing basket”), see also Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast, quickly”).

Noun

*vȇrsъ m

1. heather

Declension

Declension of *vȇrsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vȇrsъ	*vȇrsa	*vȇrsi
genitive	*vȇrsa	*versù	*vẽrsъ
dative	*vȇrsu	*versomà	*versòmъ
accusative	*vȇrsъ	*vȇrsa	*vȇrsy
instrumental	*vȇrsъmь, *vȇrsomь*	*versomà	*versý
locative	*vȇrsě	*versù	*versě̃xъ
vocative	*verse	*vȇrsa	*vȇrsi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

• *vȇrskъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ве́рас (vjéras)
  • Ukrainian: ве́рес (véres)
  • ⇒ Russian: ве́реск (véresk)
  • Russian: ве́рес (véres) (juniper (dialectal))
    • → Itelmen: вэрэс
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: vrȇs

    Cyrillic: вре̑с

  • Slovene: vrẹ̑s
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vřěs
    • Czech: vřes
  • Old Polish: wrzos
    • Polish: wrzos
  • Old Slovak: vres
    • Slovak: vres
  • Upper Sorbian: wrjós