Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vasnь

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

Alternative forms

• *vasňa

Etymology

From *vaditi +‎ *-snь.

Noun

*vasnь f

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Inflection

Declension of *vasnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vasnь	*vasni	*vasni
genitive	*vasni	*vasnьju, *vasňu*	*vasnьjь, *vasni*
dative	*vasni	*vasnьma	*vasnьmъ
accusative	*vasnь	*vasni	*vasni
instrumental	*vasnьjǫ, *vasňǫ*	*vasnьma	*vasnьmi
locative	*vasni	*vasnьju, *vasňu*	*vasnьxъ
vocative	*vasni	*vasni	*vasni

^* 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:
  • Old East Slavic: васнь (vasnĭ)
    • Russian: васнь (vasnʹ)
    • Ukrainian: васнь (vasnʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): васнь (vasnĭ)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vášně
    • Czech: vášeň
  • Polish: waśń
  • Slovak: vášeň
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wašnje

Further reading

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “васнь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 231
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “васнь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress