Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trǫsъ

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 *tręsǫ (I shake), first person singular present of *tręsti (to shake).

Noun

*trǫsъ m

  1. shaking
  2. earthquake

Declension

Declension of *trǫsъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *trǫsъ *trǫsa *trǫsi
genitive *trǫsa *trǫsu *trǫsъ
dative *trǫsu *trǫsoma *trǫsomъ
accusative *trǫsъ *trǫsa *trǫsy
instrumental *trǫsъmь, *trǫsomь* *trǫsoma *trǫsy
locative *trǫsě *trǫsu *trǫsěxъ
vocative *trǫse *trǫsa *trǫsi

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: трусъ (trusŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: трѫсъ (trǫsŭ)
    • Bulgarian: трус (trus) (probably borrowed from Russian)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тру̑с
    • Slovene: trọ̑s (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: trzęs

Further reading

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