Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storna

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-Indo-European *sterh₃- (to stretch) + *-nъ +‎ *-a.[1]

Noun

*stornà f[1]

  1. side; land

Inflection

Declension of *stornà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *stornà *stȏrně *stȏrny
genitive *storný *stornù *stõrnъ
dative *storně̀ *stornàma *stornàmъ
accusative *stȏrnǫ *stȏrně *stȏrny
instrumental *stornojǫ́ *stornàma *stornàmi
locative *stȏrně *stornù *stornàsъ, *stornàxъ*
vocative *storno *stȏrně *stȏrny

* -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.

  • *storniti (to shun, to make way)
  • *prostorъ (expanse)
  • *prostornьstvo (space, scope)

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*storna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469

Further reading

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