Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/proso
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unknown. If the Old Prussian word is cognate and not borrowed then from Proto-Balto-Slavic *praśan, which is put as from a Proto-Indo-European *proḱom from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley”), or from *pres- (“to press”). Non-Indo-European origin is also possible. Compare Eastern Mari шурно (šurno), Moksha суро (suro).
Noun
*prȍso n[1]
Inflection
Declension of *prȍso (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *prȍso | *prȍsě | *prosà |
| genitive | *prȍsa | *prosù | *pròsъ |
| dative | *prȍsu | *prosomà | *prosòmъ |
| accusative | *prȍso | *prȍsě | *prosà |
| instrumental | *prȍsъmь, *prȍsomь* | *prosomà | *prosý |
| locative | *prȍsě | *prosù | *prosě̃xъ |
| vocative | *proso | *prȍsě | *prosà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
Further reading
- Nieminen, Eino (1956) “Die Benennungen der Hirse in den baltischen Sprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 74. 3./4., pages 166 and 169
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “просо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “proso prosa, pl. prosa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 139, 157, 188, 199; PR 138; MP 20; RPT 111)”