Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostorъ

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 forms

Etymology

Deverbal from *prosterti, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रस्तार (prastāra, “measure, permutation”).[1]

Noun

*prostòrъ m[1]

  1. space, expanse

Inflection

Declension of *prostorъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *prostorъ *prostora *prostori
genitive *prostora *prostoru *prostorъ
dative *prostoru *prostoroma *prostoromъ
accusative *prostorъ *prostora *prostory
instrumental *prostorъmь, *prostoromь* *prostoroma *prostory
locative *prostorě *prostoru *prostorěxъ
vocative *prostore *prostora *prostori

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: прасто́ра (prastóra)
      • Russian: просто́р (prostór)
      • Ukrainian: про́стір (próstir)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “простор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “простор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 773

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “prostor”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *prostòrъ”
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