ꙗсень

Old Ruthenian

ꙗ́сень

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *ꙗ́сьнь (*jásĭnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *àsenь, *àsenъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀsenas, from Proto-Indo-European *Hh₃es-(e)nos, from *Heh₃s-. Cognate with Russian я́сень (jásenʹ), Old Polish jasień.

Noun

ꙗ́сень • (transliteration needed) m inan

ash tree
- олсомъ у поточыну; у ꙗсень; отъ ꙗсенѧ молотомъ жывою водою, у дубе рубежы ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Heh₃s-‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

Belarusian: я́сень (jásjenʹ)
Rusyn: я́сїнь (jásjinʹ)
Ukrainian: я́сень (jásenʹ); я́сінь (jásinʹ) (dialectal)

Further reading

Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ясень”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 385

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