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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsa

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *apsāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)osp-eh₂, from *(H)osp-. Cognates include Lithuanian ẽpušė, Latvian apse, Old Prussian abse and Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Noun

*opsa f[1]

  1. aspen

Declension
Declension of *opsa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *opsa *opsě *opsy
genitive *opsy *opsu *opsъ
dative *opsě *opsama *opsamъ
accusative *opsǫ *opsě *opsy
instrumental *opsojǫ, *opsǫ** *opsama *opsami
locative *opsě *opsu *opsasъ, *opsaxъ*
vocative *opso *opsě *opsy
* -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).

Derived terms
adjectives
  • *opsikovъ
  • *opsinьnъ
  • *opsinovъ
  • *opsovъ
nouns
  • *opsica
  • *opsičina
  • *opsika
  • *opsina
  • *opsinьnikъ
  • *opsinьňakъ
  • *opsiňakъ
  • *opsinъka
  • *opsьje
  • *opsьnikъ
  • *opsьňakъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *оса (*osa)
      • Old Ruthenian: *оса (*osa)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: osa (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wosа, wósа
      • Upper Sorbian: wosа

References
  1. Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 93
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