Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orstъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“to grow”).

Noun edit

*orstъ m

growth
height
Synonyms: *vysota, *vysь

Inflection edit

Declension of *orstъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*orstъ	*orsta	*orsti
genitive	*orsta	*orstu	*orstъ
dative	*orstu	*orstoma	*orstomъ
accusative	*orstъ	*orsta	*orsty
instrumental	orstъmь, orstomь^*	*orstoma	*orsty
locative	*orstě	*orstu	*orstěxъ
vocative	*orste	*orsta	*orsti

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

Derived terms edit

adjective

*orstlъ

nouns

verbs

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ростъ (rostŭ)
  - Belarusian: рост (rost)
  - Russian: рост (rost)
  - Ukrainian: ріст (rist)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: растъ (rastŭ)
- Bulgarian: ръст (rǎst)
- Macedonian: раст (rast)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: ра̑ст
  - Latin script: rȃst
- Slovene: rȃst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: róst
  - Czech: růst
- Polabian: rüst
- Polish: rost (dialectal)
- Slovak: rast
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: róst

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: rast