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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vesna

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-Balto-Slavic *was(e)r, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.

Noun

*vesnà f [1][2]

  1. spring (season)

Inflection
Declension of *vesnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vesnà *vȅsně *vȅsny
Accusative *vȅsnǫ *vȅsně *vȅsny
Genitive *vesný *vesnù *vèsnъ
Locative *vȅsně *vesnù *vesnàsъ, *vesnàxъ*
Dative *vesně̀ *vesnàma *vesnàmъ
Instrumental *vesnojǫ́ *vesnàma *vesnàmi
Vocative *vesno *vȅsně *vȅsny
* -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.

See also

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vesnà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517: “f. ā ‘spring’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “vesna vesny”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c forår (PR 138)”
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