Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъnъ

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 an earlier *sъpnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.[1]

Noun

*sъ̀nъ m[1]

  1. sleep, dream

Inflection

Declension of *sъ̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *sъ̀nъ *sъnà *sъnì
genitive *sъnà *sъnù *sъ̀nъ
dative *sъnù *sъnòma *sъnòmъ
accusative *sъ̀nъ *sъnà *sъnỳ
instrumental *sъnъ̀mь, *sъnòmь* *sъnòma *sъ̀ny
locative *sъně̀ *sъnù *sъ̀něxъ
vocative *sъne *sъnà *sъnì

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

Derived terms

  • *bezsъnъ (sleepless)
  • *nesъnъ (sleepless)
  • *sъniti (to dream)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: сонъ (son)
      • Russian: сон (son)
    • Old Novgorodian: *съне (*sŭne)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⱀⱏ (sŭnŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: са̏н
      Latin script: sȁn
    • Slovene: sə̏n (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: sen
    • Old Polish: sen
    • Polabian: *sån
    • Old Slovak: sen, son
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: són
      • Lower Sorbian: soń

Further reading

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъ̀nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 481