birch
→
March
4 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | bříza | |
| lexeme 2 | březen | |
| meaning 1 | birch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | March | |
| reference | SSJČ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme 1 | brzoza | |
| lexeme 2 | brzezień | |
| meaning 1 | birch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | March | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | берёза | |
| lexeme 2 | березозол | |
| meaning 1 | birch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic) March | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme 1 | береза | |
| lexeme 2 | березень | |
| meaning 1 | birch | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | March | |
| reference | SUM-11 | |
| comment | ||
Proto-Slavic *berzьnь 'March; April', from *berza 'birch' + *-ьnъ, referring to birch trees which bloom at this time of year. Also it is time to collect birch sap. Alternatively, it might be derived from *bèrďь 'gravid, pregnant' (Czeck březí 'gravid', Russian берёжая, Ukrainian бережа, Old Church Slavonic: брѣжда, Serbo-Croatian бређа, bređa, Slovenian brẹ́ja), because livestock are usually pregnant ("gravid") in March. See also shift 7623 'birch' - 'April'.
ESSJa 1, 201, 209; Derksen 2008, 38, Агапкина Т. А., Плотникова А. А., Валенцова М. М. Март // Славянские древности. Т. 3. С. 185-186, Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague