Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vasnь

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

From *vaditi +‎ *-snь.

Noun

*vasnь f

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Inflection

Declension of *vasnь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vasnь *vasni *vasni
genitive *vasni *vasnьju, *vasňu* *vasnьjь, *vasni*
dative *vasni *vasnьma *vasnьmъ
accusative *vasnь *vasni *vasni
instrumental *vasnьjǫ, *vasňǫ* *vasnьma *vasnьmi
locative *vasni *vasnьju, *vasňu* *vasnьxъ
vocative *vasni *vasni *vasni

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: васнь (vasnĭ)
      • Russian: васнь (vasnʹ)
      • Ukrainian: васнь (vasnʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): васнь (vasnĭ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vášně
    • Polish: waśń, waśnia (obsolete)
    • Slovak: vášeň
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wašnje

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “васнь”, 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 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 231
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “васнь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress