Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těsto

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

Per Derksen (and supported by Beekes), from a Proto-Indo-European *th₂ei-s-tóm (dough), from a root *th₂eys-; cognates include Old High German theismo, deismo (leaven), Old Irish taís (dough), Welsh toes (dough), and Ancient Greek σταῖς (staîs, dough) (gen. σταιτός (staitós)).[1][2] Possibly related to *tìskati (to press, squeeze).

Noun

*tě̑sto n[1][3]

  1. dough

Declension

Declension of *tě̑sto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *tě̑sto *tě̑stě *těstà
genitive *tě̑sta *těstù *tě̃stъ
dative *tě̑stu *těstomà *těstòmъ
accusative *tě̑sto *tě̑stě *těstà
instrumental *tě̑stъmь, *tě̑stomь* *těstomà *těstý
locative *tě̑stě *těstù *těstě̃xъ
vocative *tě̑sto *tě̑stě *těstà

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

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “те́сто”, 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) “*tě̑sto”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 492
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σταῖς, σταιτός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1389
  3. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 7:*tẹ̑sto