Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/višьňa

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

višьňa

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *weiśinjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“type of cherry”), Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdlime”), and Latin viscum (“birdlime”).

Noun

*višьňa f

1. sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)
2. cherry

Declension

Declension of *višьňa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*višьňa	*višьňi	*višьňę̇
genitive	*višьňę̇	*višьňu	*višьňь
dative	*višьňi	*višьňama	*višьňamъ
accusative	*višьňǫ	*višьňi	*višьňę̇
instrumental	*višьňejǫ, *višьňǫ**	*višьňama	*višьňami
locative	*višьňi	*višьňu	*višьňasъ, *višьňaxъ*
vocative	*višьňe	*višьňi	*višьňę̇

^* -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 East Slavic: ви́шьнꙗ (víšĭnja)
    • Belarusian: ві́шня (víšnja)
    • Russian: ви́шня (víšnja)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ви́шня (výšnja)
    • Ukrainian: ви́шня (výšnja)
  • Old Novgorodian: вишнъ (višnŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви̏шња

    Latin script: vȉšnja

  • Slovene: višnja
  • Bulgarian: вишна (višna)
  • Macedonian: вишна (višna)
  • → Albanian: vishnjë
  • → Aromanian: vishinã
  • → Ladino: vishna
  • → Romanian: vișină
  • → Ottoman Turkish: وشنه (vişne)
    • Turkish: vişne
    • → Armenian: ֆիշնէ (fišnē)
    • → English: visney
    • →? Georgian: ქვიშნა (kvišna), ვიშნა (višna) — Guria
      • → Mingrelian: ქვიშნა (kvišna)
    • → Laz: ვიშნე (vişne)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: višně
  • Kashubian: wisznia
  • Polish: wiśnia
  • Silesian: wiśnia
  • Old Slovak: višňa
    • Pannonian Rusyn: вишня (višnja)
    • Slovak: višňa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wiśńa
    • Upper Sorbian: wiśeń

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: vyšnia

See also

• *čeršьňa (“sweet cherry”)
• *sliva (“plum”)

Further reading

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