Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsina

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 *opsa +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*opsina f[1]

  1. aspen

Declension

Declension of *opsina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *opsina *opsině *opsiny
genitive *opsiny *opsinu *opsinъ
dative *opsině *opsinama *opsinamъ
accusative *opsinǫ *opsině *opsiny
instrumental *opsinojǫ, *opsinǫ** *opsinama *opsinami
locative *opsině *opsinu *opsinasъ, *opsinaxъ*
vocative *opsino *opsině *opsiny

* -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.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: осина (osina)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: osina
    • Kashubian: òsëna
    • Old Polish: osina
    • Polabian: visaină
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wósуnа
      • Upper Sorbian: wosуnа

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 95

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “оси́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress