Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(j)esenь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *esenis, *asenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-en-. Cognate with Sudovian asenis, Old Prussian assanis, Proto-Germanic *azaniz.

Noun

*(j)ȅsenь f[1]

autumn

Inflection

Declension of *(j)ȅsenь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(j)ȅsenь	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)ȅseni
genitive	*(j)esení	(j)esenьjù, (j)eseňu^*	*(j)esenь̀jь
dative	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)esenьmà	*(j)ȅsenьmъ
accusative	*(j)ȅsenь	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)ȅseni
instrumental	*(j)esenьjǫ́	*(j)esenьmà	*(j)esenьmì
locative	*(j)esení	(j)esenьjù, (j)eseňu^*	*(j)ȅsenьxъ
vocative	*(j)eseni	*(j)ȅseni	*(j)ȅseni

^* 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: осень (osenĭ)
  - Belarusian: во́сень (vósjenʹ)
  - Russian: о́сень (ósenʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: осї́нь (osjínʹ)
  - Ukrainian: о́сінь (ósinʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: ѥсень (jesenĭ)
  - → Old Ruthenian: есень (esenʹ)
  - Bulgarian: е́сен (ésen)
  - Macedonian: есен (esen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: је̏се̄н
  
  Latin script: jȅsēn
- Slovene: jesén
West Slavic:
- Czech: jeseň
- Kashubian: jeséń
- Polabian: jisin
- Polish: jesień
- Slovak: jeseň

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȅsenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 144: “f. i (c) ‘autumn’”