Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vesna
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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 *was(e)r, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.
Noun
- spring (season)
Inflection
Declension of *vesnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vesnà | *vȅsně | *vȅsny |
| genitive | *vesný | *vesnù | *vèsnъ |
| dative | *vesně̀ | *vesnàma | *vesnàmъ |
| accusative | *vȅsnǫ | *vȅsně | *vȅsny |
| instrumental | *vesnojǫ́ | *vesnàma | *vesnàmi |
| locative | *vȅsně | *vesnù | *vesnàsъ, *vesnàxъ* |
| vocative | *vesno | *vȅsně | *vȅsny |
* -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.
Synonyms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
See also
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vesnà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “f. ā ‘spring’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vesna vesny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c forår (PR 138)”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “весна́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress