Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/česnъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
- Probably substantivized adjective, from **česti + *-nъ. For the meaning compare Middle High German klieben (“to cleave”) : Old High German chlobolouch (“garlic”) (> German Knoblauch).
- From Proto-Indo-European *kesn-o-, likely from a non-Indo-European (substrate) source. Cognate with Irish cainneann (“leek”), Welsh cennin (“leek”).
Noun
*česnъ m, *česno n
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *česnъ | *česna | *česni |
| genitive | *česna | *česnu | *česnъ |
| dative | *česnu | *česnoma | *česnomъ |
| accusative | *česnъ | *česna | *česny |
| instrumental | *česnъmь, *česnomь* | *česnoma | *česny |
| locative | *česně | *česnu | *česněxъ |
| vocative | *česne | *česna | *česni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *česno | *česně | *česna |
| genitive | *česna | *česnu | *česnъ |
| dative | *česnu | *česnoma | *česnomъ |
| accusative | *česno | *česně | *česna |
| instrumental | *česnъmь, *česnomь* | *česnoma | *česny |
| locative | *česně | *česnu | *česněxъ |
| vocative | *česno | *česně | *česna |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чесно́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “чеснок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 385
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*česnъ/*česno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 89