Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nestera

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 earlier *nepttera, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nep(ō)t-:

• Derksen: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂nep-t-ter-eh₂, from *h₂nep-t-.
• ЭССЯ: From Proto-Indo-European *ne(p)-t-terā, from *neptī.
• Vasmer: From Proto-Indo-European *nept-tera, from *neptī(s).

Baltic cognates include Old Lithuanian nepuotis (“grandson, granddaughter”), neptė (“granddaughter”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit नप्ती (naptī, “daughter, granddaughter”), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós, “cousin”), Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), Old Irish necht (“niece”), Proto-Germanic *niftiz.

Noun

*nestera f

1. niece

Declension

Declension of *nestera (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nestera	*nesterě	*nestery
genitive	*nestery	*nesteru	*nesterъ
dative	*nesterě	*nesterama	*nesteramъ
accusative	*nesterǫ	*nesterě	*nestery
instrumental	*nesterojǫ, *nesterǫ**	*nesterama	*nesterami
locative	*nesterě	*nesteru	*nesterasъ, *nesteraxъ*
vocative	*nestero	*nesterě	*nestery

^* -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).

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: нестера (nestera) (Russian)

• East Slavic: нестера (nestera)
  • Russian: нестера (nestera), Нестор (Nestor), Нестер (Nester)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: нестера

    Latin script: nestera

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: nieściora

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нестера”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nestera”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19