Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tisъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editOf disputed origin. Commonly, the Slavic term is compared with Latin taxus (“yew”) and Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”), both of which are speculated to be borrowed from Scythian (cf Persian تخش (taxš, “crossbow”)). This etymology, however, fails to explain Slavic *-i-.
Noun
editInflection
editDeclension of *tìsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Alternative forms
edit- *tìsa f
Derived terms
edit- *tisovъ (“yew”, adjective)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: tisza
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тис”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
edit- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “tȋsa”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ti̋sa, *ti̋sъ”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “tisъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(SA 155)”