Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tisъ
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
Of 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 edit
Inflection edit
Declension 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:
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)”