Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(j)esenь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₁es-en-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *azaniz.

Noun

*(j)ȅsenь f [1]

autumn

Inflection

Declension of *(j)ȅsenь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*(j)ȅsenь	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)ȅseni
Accusative	*(j)ȅsenь	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)ȅseni
Genitive	*(j)esení	(j)esenьjù, (j)eseňu^*	*(j)esenь̀jь
Locative	*(j)esení	(j)esenьjù, (j)eseňu^*	*(j)ȅsenьxъ
Dative	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)esenьmà	*(j)ȅsenьmъ
Instrumental	*(j)esenьjǫ́	*(j)esenьmà	*(j)esenьmì
Vocative	*(j)eseni	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)ȅseni

^* 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: осень (osenĭ)
  - Belarusian: во́сень (vósjenʹ)
  - Russian: о́сень (ósenʹ)
  - Rusyn: осї́нь (osjínʹ)
  - Ukrainian: о́сінь (ósinʹ)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ѥсень (jesenĭ)
  - Bulgarian: е́сен (ésen)
  - → Russian: есень (jesenʹ)
  - Macedonian: есен (esen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: је̏се̄н
  
  Latin: jȅsēn
- Slovene: jesén

West Slavic:
- Czech: jeseň
- Polish: jesień
- Slovak: jeseň

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅsenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144: “f. i (c) ‘autumn’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅsenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144: “f. i (c) ‘autumn’”