Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/asenь

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

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-.

Noun

*àsenь m[1]

  1. ash tree

Inflection

Declension of *àsenь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *àsenь *àseni *àsenьjē, *àseňē*
genitive *àsenī *àsenьju, *àseňu* *àsenьjь, *àsenī*
dative *àseni *àsenьma *àsenьmъ
accusative *àsenь *àseni *àseni
instrumental *àsenьmь *àsenьma *àsenьmī
locative *àsenī *àsenьju, *àseňu* *àsenьxъ
vocative *aseni *àseni *àsenьjē, *àseňē*

* 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).

Alternative forms

  • *àsenъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́сень (jásenʹ)
      • Belarusian: я́сень (jásjenʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: я́сїнь (jásjinʹ)
      • Ukrainian: я́сень (jásenʹ); я́сінь (jásinʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: я́сень (jásenʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*àsenь; *àsenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29:m. jo; m. o (a) ‘ash-tree’