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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nestera
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *nepttera, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nep(ō)t-:
- Derksen: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂nep-t-ter-eh₂, from *h₂nep-t-.
- ЭССЯ: From Proto-Indo-European *ne(p)-t-terā, from *neptī.
- Vasmer: From Proto-Indo-European *nept-tera, from *neptī(s).
Baltic cognates include Old Lithuanian nepuotis (“grandson, granddaughter”), neptė (“granddaughter”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit नप्ती (naptī, “daughter, granddaughter”), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós, “cousin”), Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), Old Irish necht (“niece”), Proto-Germanic *niftiz.
Noun
*nestera f[1]
- niece
Declension
Declension of *nestera (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nestera | *nesterě | *nestery |
| Accusative | *nesterǫ | *nesterě | *nestery |
| Genitive | *nestery | *nesteru | *nesterъ |
| Locative | *nesterě | *nesteru | *nesterasъ, *nesteraxъ* |
| Dative | *nesterě | *nesterama | *nesteramъ |
| Instrumental | *nesterojǫ, *nesterǫ** | *nesterama | *nesterami |
| Vocative | *nestero | *nesterě | *nestery |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
See also
Proto-Slavic family terms
| *sěmьja, *rodina (“family”) | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| parent | *otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata | *mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama |
| sibling | *bratrъ (“brother”) | *sestra (“sister”) |
| child | *synъ (“son”) | *dъťi (“daughter”) |
| grandparent | – (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana | *ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena |
| grandchild | *vъnukъ (“grandson”) | *vъnuka (“granddaughter”) |
| stepparent | *otьčimъ (“stepfather”) | *maťexa (“stepmother”) |
| stepchild | *pastorъkъ (“stepson”) | *pastorъka (“stepdaughter”) |
| father's sibling | *strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola | – (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| mother's sibling | *ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola | – (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| sibling's child | *netьjь (“nephew”) | *nestera (“niece”) |
| spouse | *mǫžь (“husband”) | *žena (“wife”) |
| parent of wife | *tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) | *tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | *svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”) | *svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of wife | *šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”) | *svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”) |
| sibling of husband | *děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | *zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | *zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | *snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | *ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: нестера (nestera) (Russian)
- East Slavic: нестера (nestera)
- Russian: нестера (nestera), Нестор (Nestor), Нестер (Nester)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: нестера
- Latin: nestera
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: nieściora
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нестера”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nestera”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nestera”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349: “f. ā ‘niece’”