Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsa

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *apsāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)osp-eh₂, from *(H)osp-. Cognates include Lithuanian ẽpušė, Latvian apse, Old Prussian abse and Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Noun

*opsa f

aspen

Declension

Declension of *opsa (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*opsa	*opsě	*opsy
genitive	*opsy	*opsu	*opsъ
dative	*opsě	*opsama	*opsamъ
accusative	*opsǫ	*opsě	*opsy
instrumental	opsojǫ, opsǫ^**	*opsama	*opsami
locative	*opsě	*opsu	opsasъ, opsaxъ^*
vocative	*opso	*opsě	*opsy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

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Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *оса (*osa)
  - Old Ruthenian: *оса (*osa)
    - Belarusian: аса́ (asá)
West Slavic:
- Polish: osa (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wosа, wósа
  - Upper Sorbian: wosа

References

^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 93

[1] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 93