Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫžina

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 *prǫgъ +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*prǫžina f

  1. spring
  2. coil

Declension

Declension of *prǫžina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *prǫžina *prǫžině *prǫžiny
genitive *prǫžiny *prǫžinu *prǫžinъ
dative *prǫžině *prǫžinama *prǫžinamъ
accusative *prǫžinǫ *prǫžině *prǫžiny
instrumental *prǫžinojǫ, *prǫžinǫ** *prǫžinama *prǫžinami
locative *prǫžině *prǫžinu *prǫžinasъ, *prǫžinaxъ*
vocative *prǫžino *prǫžině *prǫžiny

* -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: пружи́на (pružína)
    • Ukrainian: пружи́на (pružýna)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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