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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/česnъ
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
- Probably substantivized adjective, from **česti + *-nъ. For the meaning compare Middle High German klieben (“to cleave”) : Old High German chlobolouch (“garlic”) (> German Knoblauch).
- Author?: from Proto-Indo-European *kesn-o-, likely from a non-Indo-European (substrate) source. Cognate with Irish cainneann (“leek”), Welsh cennin (“leek”).
Inflection
Declension of *česnъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *česnъ | *česna | *česni |
| Accusative | *česnъ | *česna | *česny |
| Genitive | *česna | *česnu | *česnъ |
| Locative | *česně | *česnu | *česněxъ |
| Dative | *česnu | *česnoma | *česnomъ |
| Instrumental | *česnъmь, *česnomь* | *česnoma | *česny |
| Vocative | *česne | *česna | *česni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *česno (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *česno | *česně | *česna |
| Accusative | *česno | *česně | *česna |
| Genitive | *česna | *česnu | *česnъ |
| Locative | *česně | *česnu | *česněxъ |
| Dative | *česnu | *česnoma | *česnomъ |
| Instrumental | *česnъmь, *česnomь* | *česnoma | *česny |
| Vocative | *česno | *česně | *česna |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чесно́к”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “чеснок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 385
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*česnъ/*česno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 89
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