Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pręďa
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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
Noun
*pręďa f
- yarn (fiber)
Inflection
Declension of *pręďa (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pręďa | *pręďi | *pręďę̇ |
| genitive | *pręďę̇ | *pręďu | *pręďь |
| dative | *pręďi | *pręďama | *pręďamъ |
| accusative | *pręďǫ | *pręďi | *pręďę̇ |
| instrumental | *pręďejǫ, *pręďǫ** | *pręďama | *pręďami |
| locative | *pręďi | *pręďu | *pręďasъ, *pręďaxъ* |
| vocative | *pręďe | *pręďi | *pręďę̇ |
* -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).
** 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).
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: прѧжда (pręžda)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пряжа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “прясть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79