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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/višьňa
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Proto-Slavic
višьňa
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *weiśinjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“type of cherry”), Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdlime”), and Latin viscum (“birdlime”).
Noun
*višьňa f
- sour cherry
- cherry
Declension
Declension of *višьňa (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *višьňa | *višьňi | *višьňę̇ |
| Accusative | *višьňǫ | *višьňi | *višьňę̇ |
| Genitive | *višьňę̇ | *višьňu | *višьňь |
| Locative | *višьňi | *višьňu | *višьňasъ, *višьňaxъ* |
| Dative | *višьňi | *višьňama | *višьňamъ |
| Instrumental | *višьňejǫ, *višьňǫ** | *višьňama | *višьňami |
| Vocative | *višьňe | *višьňi | *višьňę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ві́шня (víšnja)
- Russian: ви́шня (víšnja)
- Rusyn: вы́шня (vŷ́šnja)
- Ukrainian: ви́шня (výšnja)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ви̏шња
- Latin: vȉšnja
- Chakavian (Vrgada): vȉšńa
- Chakavian (Orbanići): vȉšnja
- Slovene: višnja
- Bulgarian: вишна (višna)
- Macedonian: вишна (višna)
- → Albanian: vishnjë
- → Aromanian: vishinã
- → Ladino: vishna
- → Romanian: vișină
- → Ottoman Turkish: وشنه (vişne)
- Turkish: vişne
- → Armenian: ֆիշնէ (fišnē)
- → English: visney
- →? Georgian: ქვიშნა (kvišna), ვიშნა (višna)
- → Mingrelian: ქვიშნა (kvišna)
- → Laz: ვიშნე (vişne)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: višně
- Kashubian: wisznia
- Polish: wiśnia
- Slovak: višňa
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wiśńa
- Upper Sorbian: wiśeń
See also
- *čeršьňa (“sweet cherry”)
- *sliva (“plum”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ви́шня”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress