< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(j)esenь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *esenis, *asenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-en-. Cognate with Sudovian asenis, Old Prussian assanis, Proto-Germanic *azaniz.
Noun
*(j)ȅsenь f[1]
- autumn
Inflection
Declension of *(j)ȅsenь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *(j)ȅsenь | *(j)ȅseni | *(j)ȅseni |
Accusative | *(j)ȅsenь | *(j)ȅseni | *(j)ȅseni |
Genitive | *(j)esení | *(j)esenьjù, *(j)eseňu* | *(j)esenь̀jь |
Locative | *(j)esení | *(j)esenьjù, *(j)eseňu* | *(j)ȅsenьxъ |
Dative | *(j)ȅseni | *(j)esenьmà | *(j)ȅsenьmъ |
Instrumental | *(j)esenьjǫ́ | *(j)esenьmà | *(j)esenьmì |
Vocative | *(j)eseni | *(j)ȅseni | *(j)ȅseni |
* 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
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: осень (osenĭ)
- Belarusian: во́сень (vósjenʹ)
- Russian: о́сень (ósenʹ)
- Rusyn: осї́нь (osjínʹ)
- Ukrainian: о́сінь (ósinʹ)
- Old East Slavic: осень (osenĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ѥсень (jesenĭ)
- → Old Ruthenian: есень (esenʹ)
- Bulgarian: е́сен (ésen)
- Macedonian: есен (esen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: је̏се̄н
- Latin: jȅsēn
- Slovene: jesén
- West Slavic:
- Czech: jeseň
- Kashubian: jeséń
- Polish: jesień
- Slovak: jeseň
See also
- (seasons) *vermę goda; *jaro / *vesna, *lěto, *(j)esenь, *zima
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ȅsenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144: “f. i (c) ‘autumn’”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “о́сень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress