Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrstь

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 *gursti-. Cognate with Latvian gùrste (“bundle of flax”) and possibly with Ancient Greek ἀγοστός (agostós, “flat of the hand”).

Noun

*gъ̑rstь f

1. cupped hand

Inflection

Declension of *gъ̑rstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъ̑rstь	*gъ̑rsti	*gъ̑rsti
genitive	*gъrstí	*gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu*	*gъrstь̀jь
dative	*gъ̑rsti	*gъrstьmà	*gъ̑rstьmъ
accusative	*gъ̑rstь	*gъ̑rsti	*gъ̑rsti
instrumental	*gъrstьjǫ́	*gъrstьmà	*gъrstьmì
locative	*gъrstí	*gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu*	*gъ̑rstьxъ
vocative	*gъrsti	*gъ̑rsti	*gъ̑rsti

^* 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: горсць (horscʹ)
  • Russian: горсть (gorstʹ)
  • Ukrainian: горсть (horstʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: гръсть (grŭstĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱏⱄⱅⱐ (grŭstĭ)

  • Bulgarian: гръ́ст (grǎ́st)
  • Macedonian: грст (grst)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пре̏гр̄шт

    Latin script: prȅgr̄št

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): gȓs
  • Slovene: grst
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hrst
    • Czech: hrst
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): hrst
      • Moravian (Mistřice): hrsť
  • Polish: garść
  • Slovak: hrsť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: horšć
    • Lower Sorbian: gjarsć

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъ̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 199
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress