Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostьnъ

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-Balto-Slavic *aśtinas (*akstinas?). Equivalent to *ostь +‎ *-ьnъ. Cognate with Lithuanian ãkstinas.

Noun

*ostьnъ m

  1. sharp point

Inflection

Declension of *ostь̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *ostь̀nъ *ostьnà *ostьnì
genitive *ostьnà *ostьnù *ostь̀nъ
dative *ostьnù *ostьnòma *ostьnòmъ
accusative *ostь̀nъ *ostьnà *ostьnỳ
instrumental *ostьnъ̀mь, *ostьnòmь* *ostьnòma *ostь̀ny
locative *ostьně̀ *ostьnù *ostь̀něxъ
vocative *ostьne *ostьnà *ostьnì

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: остьнъ (ostĭnŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: остьнъ (ostĭnŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱁⱄⱅⱐⱀⱏ (ostĭnŭ)
    • Bulgarian: осте́н (ostén)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̀стан
      Latin script: òstan
    • Slovene: osten
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “осте́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress