Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prosinьcь

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

Multiple theories exist. One theory derives it from *siňь (“gray”) because of the darkness of December nights. Another theory derives it from *sijati (“to shine, glow”) referring to the winter solstice. Christian sources derive it from *prositi (“to pray”) referring to Christmas.

Noun

*prosìnьcь m

1. first month after Winter solstice (corresponds to December or January)

   Synonym: *kologъ

Declension

Declension of *prosìnьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prosìnьcь	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьci
genitive	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьcu	*prosìnьcь
dative	*prosìnьcu	*prosìnьcema	*prosìnьcēmъ
accusative	*prosìnьcь	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьcę̇
instrumental	*prosìnьcьmь, *prosìnьcemь*	*prosìnьcema	*prosìnьcī
locative	*prosìnьci	*prosìnьcu	*prosìnьcīxъ
vocative	*prosìnьče	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Russian: про́синец (prósinec, “January”) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: просиньць (prosinĭcĭ, “January”)

    Unspecified script:

  • Bulgarian: просинец (prosinec, “January”) (archaic)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: про̀синац (“December”)

    Latin script: pròsinac (“December”)

  • Slovene: prosȋnec (“January”) (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: prosinec (“December”)
  • Slovak: prosinec (“December”) (archaic)

Further reading

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