Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫsědъ

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 *sǫ- (“together”) +‎ *sъsěsti (“to sit together, next to each other”) or *sěsti (“to sit”).

Noun

*sǫsědъ m

1. neighbour

Declension

Declension of *sǫsědъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sǫsědъ	*sǫsěda	*sǫsědi
genitive	*sǫsěda	*sǫsědu	*sǫsědъ
dative	*sǫsědu	*sǫsědoma	*sǫsědomъ
accusative	*sǫsědъ	*sǫsěda	*sǫsědy
instrumental	*sǫsědъmь, *sǫsědomь*	*sǫsědoma	*sǫsědy
locative	*sǫsědě	*sǫsědu	*sǫsěděxъ
vocative	*sǫsěde	*sǫsěda	*sǫsědi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѫсѣдъ (sǫsědŭ), сусѣдъ (susědŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: сусѣдъ (susěd), сусидъ (susid)
      • Belarusian: сусе́д (susjéd)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: сусїд (susjid)
      • Ukrainian: сусі́д (susíd)
    • Russian: сусе́д (suséd), сосе́д (soséd)
      • → Veps: sused
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: сѫсѣдъ (sǫsědŭ)
    • → Hungarian: szomszéd
  • Bulgarian: съсе́д (sǎséd)
  • Macedonian: сосед (sosed)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су́сед, су́сјед

    Latin: súsed, súsjed

  • Slovene: sôsed, sósed
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: súsěd
    • Czech: soused
      • Moravian (Mistřice): súsed
  • Kashubian: sąsôd
  • Polish: sąsiad
  • Silesian: sōmsiŏd
  • Slovak: sused
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: susod
    • Lower Sorbian: sused

Further reading

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