Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъčęstьje

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Slavic *sъ-

Proto-Slavic *kǫsati

Proto-Slavic *čęstь

Proto-Slavic *-ьje

Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje

From *sъ- (“good”) +‎ *čęstь (“part; lot”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*sъčęstьje n

happiness

Inflection

Declension of *sъčęstьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъčęstьje	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьja
genitive	*sъčęstьja	*sъčęstьju	*sъčęstьjь
dative	*sъčęstьju	*sъčęstьjema	*sъčęstьjemъ
accusative	*sъčęstьje	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьja
instrumental	sъčęstьjьmь, sъčęstьjemь^*	*sъčęstьjema	*sъčęstьji
locative	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьju	*sъčęstьjixъ
vocative	*sъčęstьje	*sъčęstьji	*sъčęstьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: съчѧстиѥ (sŭčęstije), съчастиѥ (sŭčastije), съчастие (sŭčastije)
  - Belarusian: шча́сце (ščáscje)
  - Russian: сча́стье (sčástʹje)
    - → Bulgarian: ща́стие (štástie)
  - Ukrainian: ща́стя (ščástja)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sčěstie, ščěstie, štěstie (later)
  - Czech: štěstí
- Old Polish: szczęście, szczeście
  - Polish: szczęście
  - Silesian: szczyńście
- Old Slovak: ščastie, ščestie, štestie, šťastie
  - Pannonian Rusyn: щесце (ščesce)
  - Slovak: šťastie
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: szczescé
  - Slovincian: szczêscé

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “счастье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “съчастиѥ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 864
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “щастя”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka