Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ostьnъ

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 *aśtinas (*akstinas?). Equivalent to *ostь +‎ *-ьnъ. Cognate with Lithuanian ãkstinas.

Noun

*ostьnъ m

1. sharp point

Inflection

Declension of *ostь̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ostь̀nъ	*ostьnà	*ostьnì
genitive	*ostьnà	*ostьnù	*ostь̀nъ
dative	*ostьnù	*ostьnòma	*ostьnòmъ
accusative	*ostь̀nъ	*ostьnà	*ostьnỳ
instrumental	*ostьnъ̀mь, *ostьnòmь*	*ostьnòma	*ostь̀ny
locative	*ostьně̀	*ostьnù	*ostь̀něxъ
vocative	*ostьne	*ostьnà	*ostьnì

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

Related terms

• *ostrъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: остьнъ (ostĭnŭ)
    • Russian: осте́н (ostén) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: остьнъ (ostĭnŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱄⱅⱐⱀⱏ (ostĭnŭ)

  • Bulgarian: осте́н (ostén)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀стан

    Latin script: òstan

  • Slovene: osten
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: osten
  • Polish: oścień
  • Slovak: osteń

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “осте́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress