Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osъtъ
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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 *aśutas, cognate to Lithuanian ãšutas (“hair of a horse’s tail or mane”). A derivation from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”), which is here notably also present in Proto-Slavic *ostь, *ostъ (“awn; fish bone; axletree”), Lithuanian akstìs (“prick, thorn”), Latvian āksts (“prick, thorn”), Latvian aste (“tail”).
Noun
*osъtъ m
Inflection
Declension of *osъtъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *osъtъ | *osъta | *osъti |
| genitive | *osъta | *osъtu | *osъtъ |
| dative | *osъtu | *osъtoma | *osъtomъ |
| accusative | *osъtъ | *osъta | *osъty |
| instrumental | *osъtъmь, *osъtomь* | *osъtoma | *osъty |
| locative | *osъtě | *osъtu | *osъtěxъ |
| vocative | *osъte | *osъta | *osъti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: осътъ (osŭtŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: aszat
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/osъtъ”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 397
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*osъtъ/*osъta/*osъtjь/*osъtь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 77