Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫsěnica

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

Probably from *ǫsъ.

Noun

*ǫsěnica f

caterpillar

Inflection

Declension of *ǫsěnica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫsěnica	*ǫsěnici	*ǫsěnicę̇
genitive	*ǫsěnicę̇	*ǫsěnicu	*ǫsěnicь
dative	*ǫsěnici	*ǫsěnicama	*ǫsěnicamъ
accusative	*ǫsěnicǫ	*ǫsěnici	*ǫsěnicę̇
instrumental	ǫsěnicejǫ, ǫsěnicǫ^**	*ǫsěnicama	*ǫsěnicami
locative	*ǫsěnici	*ǫsěnicu	ǫsěnicasъ, ǫsěnicaxъ^*
vocative	*ǫsěnice	*ǫsěnici	*ǫsěnicę̇

^* -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.
^** 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:
- Russian: гу́сеница (gúsenica)
- Ukrainian: гу́сениця (húsenycja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: юсеница (jusenica)
- Bulgarian: гъсеница (gǎsenica)
- Macedonian: гасеница (gasenica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гу̏сеница, гу̏сјеница
  
  Latin script: gȕsenica, gȕsjenica
- Slovene: gosẹ̑nica (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: húsěnicě
  - Czech: housenice
- Old Polish: gąsienica, wąsienica
  - Polish: gąsienica
- Slovak: húsenica
- Kashubian: wąsewnica
- Polabian: vǫsănaićă
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: husańca
  - Lower Sorbian: guseńca

References

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