Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫžina

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 *prǫgъ +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*prǫžina f

1. spring
2. coil

Declension

Declension of *prǫžina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prǫžina	*prǫžině	*prǫžiny
genitive	*prǫžiny	*prǫžinu	*prǫžinъ
dative	*prǫžině	*prǫžinama	*prǫžinamъ
accusative	*prǫžinǫ	*prǫžině	*prǫžiny
instrumental	*prǫžinojǫ, *prǫžinǫ**	*prǫžinama	*prǫžinami
locative	*prǫžině	*prǫžinu	*prǫžinasъ, *prǫžinaxъ*
vocative	*prǫžino	*prǫžině	*prǫžiny

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: пружи́на (pružína)
  • Ukrainian: пружи́на (pružýna)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пружина (pružina)
  • Macedonian: пружина (pružina)
  • Slovene: prožína (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pružina
  • Old Polish: prężyna
    • Polish: sprężyna
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pružina
    • Lower Sorbian: рšužуnа

Further reading

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