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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.
Inflection
Declension of *vesnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vesnà | *vȅsně | *vȅsny |
| Accusative | *vȅsnǫ | *vȅsně | *vȅsny |
| Genitive | *vesný | *vesnù | *vèsnъ |
| Locative | *vȅsně | *vesnù | *vesnàsъ, *vesnàxъ* |
| Dative | *vesně̀ | *vesnàma | *vesnàmъ |
| Instrumental | *vesnojǫ́ | *vesnàma | *vesnàmi |
| 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:
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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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