Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьsъ

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-Balto-Slavic *awiś- ~ *awiź-, either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-iǵʰ(s)-eh₂ or from a substrate language whence also the Latin cognate: Cognate with Latvian àuzas, Lithuanian avižà, Old Prussian wyse, and Latin avena.[1]

Noun

*ovь̀sъ m[1]

oats

Declension

Declension of *ovь̀sъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ovь̀sъ	*ovьsà	*ovьsì
Accusative	*ovь̀sъ	*ovьsà	*ovьsỳ
Genitive	*ovьsà	*ovьsù	*ovь̀sъ
Locative	*ovьsě̀	*ovьsù	*ovь̀sěxъ
Dative	*ovьsù	*ovьsòma	*ovьsòmъ
Instrumental	ovьsъ̀mь, ovьsòmь^*	*ovьsòma	*ovь̀sy
Vocative	*ovьse	*ovьsà	*ovьsì

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

Derived terms

*ovьsiga
*ovьsěnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: овьсъ (ovĭsŭ)
- Belarusian: авёс (avjós)
- Russian: овёс (ovjós), овёсъ (ovjós)
  - → Kildin Sami: оввесь (ovv’es’)
  - → Mongolian: овъёос (ovʺjoos)
  - → Yakut: эбиэс (ebies)
- Ukrainian: ове́с (ovés)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ове́с (ovés)
- Macedonian: овес (oves)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: о̀вас
  Latin: òvas
- Slovene: óvəs (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: oves
  - Czech: oves
- Kashubian: óws
- Polish: owies
- Slovak: ovos
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: hows
  - Upper Sorbian: wows

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovь̀sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384: “m. o (b) ‘oats’”

[EDSIL-1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovь̀sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384: “m. o (b) ‘oats’”