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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostorъ
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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
Deverbal from *prosterti, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रस्तार (prastāra, “measure, permutation”).
Inflection
Declension of *prostorъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *prostorъ | *prostora | *prostori |
| Accusative | *prostorъ | *prostora | *prostory |
| Genitive | *prostora | *prostoru | *prostorъ |
| Locative | *prostorě | *prostoru | *prostorěxъ |
| Dative | *prostoru | *prostoroma | *prostoromъ |
| Instrumental | *prostorъmь, *prostoromь* | *prostoroma | *prostory |
| Vocative | *prostore | *prostora | *prostori |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *prostorьnъ (“vast”)
Related terms
- *prosterti (“space, expanse”)
- *stornà (“side, land”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “простор”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “простор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 773
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “prostor”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *prostòrъ”
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