Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posoxъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *posoxa

Etymology

Derived from *soxa (stick).

Noun

*posoxъ m

  1. staff

Declension

Declension of *posoxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *posoxъ *posoxa *posośi
genitive *posoxa *posoxu *posoxъ
dative *posoxu *posoxoma *posoxomъ
accusative *posoxъ *posoxa *posoxy
instrumental *posoxъmь, *posoxomь* *posoxoma *posoxy
locative *posośě *posoxu *posośěxъ
vocative *posoše *posoxa *posośi

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: посохъ (posoxŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: посохъ (posoxŭ)

Further reading

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