Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/asenь

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 Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-.

Noun

*àsenь m[1]

ash tree

Inflection

Declension of *àsenь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*àsenь	*àseni	àsenьjē, àseňē^*
Accusative	*àsenь	*àseni	*àseni
Genitive	*àsenī	àsenьju, àseňu^*	àsenьjь, àsenī^*
Locative	*àsenī	àsenьju, àseňu^*	*àsenьxъ
Dative	*àseni	*àsenьma	*àsenьmъ
Instrumental	*àsenьmь	*àsenьma	*àsenьmī
Vocative	*aseni	*àseni	àsenьjē, àseňē^*

^* 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).

Alternative forms

*àsenъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́сень (jásenʹ)
  - Belarusian: я́сень (jásjenʹ)
  - Rusyn: я́сїнь (jásjinʹ)
  - Ukrainian: я́сень (jásenʹ); я́сінь (jásinʹ) (dialectal)
- Russian: я́сень (jásenʹ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: я́сен (jásen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ја̏се̄н
  Latin: jȁsēn
- Slovene: jásen (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jasan
  - Bohemian (Chod dialect): jesan
- Kashubian: jasón
- Polabian: josén
- Polish: jesion
- Slovak: jaseň
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jaseń
  - Lower Sorbian: jaseń

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*àsenь; *àsenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29: “m. jo; m. o (a) ‘ash-tree’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*àsenь; *àsenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29: “m. jo; m. o (a) ‘ash-tree’”