Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krošňa

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

Formed as *krosno (“loom”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*krošňà f[1]

  1. treetop
  2. basket
    Synonym: *košь

Inflection

Declension of *krošňa (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *krošňa *krošňi *krošňę̇
genitive *krošňę̇ *krošňu *krošňь
dative *krošňi *krošňama *krošňamъ
accusative *krošňǫ *krošňi *krošňę̇
instrumental *krošňejǫ, *krošňǫ** *krošňama *krošňami
locative *krošňi *krošňu *krošňasъ, *krošňaxъ*
vocative *krošňe *krošňi *krošňę̇

* -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).

Derived terms

  • *krošnica (“small basket”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: крошня (krošnja)
    • Belarusian: кро́шні (króšni) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: кро́шня (króšnja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: krošna, dial. krůsňa
    • Polish: krosznia
    • Slovak: krošňa

Non-Slavic:

  • >? Middle High German: krechse (“basket or frame borne on the back”)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krosńa (*krosnja)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 12
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “крошна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 22

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “króšnja²”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*krosn'a̋”
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