Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/esetrъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *eśetras. Cognate with Lithuanian ašėtras (“sturgeon”), ešketras (“whale”), Old Prussian esketres (“sturgeon”). Also related (with different vocalism) to Lithuanian ešerỹs, ašerỹs (“perch”), and (under the influence of erškė̃tis (“bramble”)) erškėtras, erškẽtas, arškẽtas (“sturgeon”).

Noun

*esètrъ m

1. sturgeon

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: асётр (asjótr)
  • Russian: осётр (osjótr)
  • Ukrainian: осетер (oseter)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: есетра (esetra)
  • Macedonian: есетра (esetra)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: јѐсетра

    Latin script: jèsetra

  • Slovene: jesệter
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jeseter
  • Polish: jesiotr
  • Slovak: jeseter
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: jesotr

    Upper Sorbian: jasotr

Further reading

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