Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tuskъ

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

According to Vasmer, cognate with Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī (“dark, gloomy”). See there for further connections.

Noun

*tuskъ m

  1. fog, darkness

Declension

Declension of *tuskъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *tuskъ *tuska *tusci
genitive *tuska *tusku *tuskъ
dative *tusku *tuskoma *tuskomъ
accusative *tuskъ *tuska *tusky
instrumental *tuskъmь, *tuskomь* *tuskoma *tusky
locative *tuscě *tusku *tuscěxъ
vocative *tušče *tuska *tusci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *тускъ (*tuskŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • >? Bulgarian: стуща́вам се (stuštávam se, “to get dark”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: на̀туштити
      Latin script: nàtuštiti

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1973) “туск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 126
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