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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trьstь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unclear, perhaps:
- from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₁- (“stiff”) as Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”), Latin strēnuus (“brisk”), from which root with extension *(s)treg- (“rigid, stiff”) from which Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“firm, rigid”)
- from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“stretching”)
Noun
*trьstь or trъstь f
- reed, cane
- cane stick
Declension
Declension of *trьstь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *trьstь | *trьsti | *trьsti |
Accusative | *trьstь | *trьsti | *trьsti |
Genitive | *trьsti | *trьstьju, *trьsťu* | *trьstьjь, *trьsti* |
Locative | *trьsti | *trьstьju, *trьsťu* | *trьstьxъ |
Dative | *trьsti | *trьstьma | *trьstьmъ |
Instrumental | *trьstьjǫ, *trьsťǫ* | *trьstьma | *trьstьmi |
Vocative | *trьsti | *trьsti | *trьsti |
* 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).
Declension of *trъstь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *trъstь | *trъsti | *trъsti |
Accusative | *trъstь | *trъsti | *trъsti |
Genitive | *trъsti | *trъstьju, *trъsťu* | *trъstьjь, *trъsti* |
Locative | *trъsti | *trъstьju, *trъsťu* | *trъstьxъ |
Dative | *trъsti | *trъstьma | *trъstьmъ |
Instrumental | *trъstьjǫ, *trъsťǫ* | *trъstьma | *trъstьmi |
Vocative | *trъsti | *trъsti | *trъsti |
* 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
- Old East Slavic: трьсть (trĭstĭ), тръсть (trŭstĭ)
- Belarusian:
- ⇒ Belarusian: трыснёг (trysnjóh)
- Russian: тресть (trestʹ), трость (trostʹ)
- ⇒ Russian: тростни́к (trostník), тро́стка (tróstka), трости́на (trostína)
- Ukrainian: трость (trostʹ)
- Belarusian:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: трьсть (trĭstĭ), тръсть (trŭstĭ)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: тряст (trjast), тръст (trǎst)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: тръстика (trǎstika)
- ⇒ Macedonian: трска (trska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: тр̑ст,
- Latin: tȓst
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: tȑska,
- Cyrillic: тр̏ска,
- Slovene: tȓst
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: tresť
- ⇒ Czech: třtina
- ⇒ Kashubian: strzëna
- Old Polish: treść
- Polish: treść
- ⇒ Polish: trzcina
- Slovak: trsť
- Sorbian:
- ⇒ Lower Sorbian: sćina
- ⇒ Upper Sorbian: sćina
- Czech: tresť
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “трость”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress