Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pričina

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

Deverbal from *pričiniti, from *činiti.

Noun

*pričina f

1. cause, reason

Declension

Declension of *pričina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pričina	*pričině	*pričiny
genitive	*pričiny	*pričinu	*pričinъ
dative	*pričině	*pričinama	*pričinamъ
accusative	*pričinǫ	*pričině	*pričiny
instrumental	*pričinojǫ, *pričinǫ**	*pričinama	*pričinami
locative	*pričině	*pričinu	*pričinasъ, *pričinaxъ*
vocative	*pričino	*pričině	*pričiny

^* -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:
  • Old Ruthenian: причи́на (pričína), прычы́на (pryčýna)
    • Belarusian: прычы́на (pryčýna)
    • Ukrainian: причи́на (pryčýna)
  • Russian: причи́на (pričína)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: причина (pričina)
  • Macedonian: причина (pričina)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: przëczëna
  • Old Czech: příčina
    • Czech: příčina
  • Old Polish: przyczyna
    • Polish: przyczyna
    • Silesian: prziczyna
  • Old Slovak: príčina
    • Slovak: príčina

• Non-Slavic
  • → Romanian: pricină

Further reading

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