Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъnъ

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 an earlier *sъpnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Noun

*sъ̀nъ m

1. sleep, dream

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъ̀nъ	*sъnà	*sъnì
genitive	*sъnà	*sъnù	*sъ̀nъ
dative	*sъnù	*sъnòma	*sъnòmъ
accusative	*sъ̀nъ	*sъnà	*sъnỳ
instrumental	*sъnъ̀mь, *sъnòmь*	*sъnòma	*sъ̀ny
locative	*sъně̀	*sъnù	*sъ̀něxъ
vocative	*sъne	*sъnà	*sъnì

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

Derived terms

• *bezsъnъ (“sleepless”)
• *nesъnъ (“sleepless”)
• *sъniti (“to dream”)

Related terms

• *sъpàti (“to sleep”)
• *usъpiti (“to put to sleep”)
• *usъnǫti (“to fall asleep”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
    • Belarusian: сон (son)
    • Russian: сон (son)
    • Ukrainian: сон (son)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сънъ (sŭnŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⱀⱏ (sŭnŭ)

  • Bulgarian: сън (sǎn)
  • Macedonian: сон (son)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: са̏н

    Latin script: sȁn

  • Slovene: sə̏n (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sen
    • Czech: sen
  • Polish: sen
  • Slovak: sen
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: són
    • Lower Sorbian: soń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сон”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress