Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sněgъ

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 *snáigas, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos, with the mobile accent due to Illič-Svityč's law.

Noun

*sně̑gъ m

1. snow

Inflection

Declension of *sně̑gъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sně̑gъ	*sně̑ga	*sně̑dzi
genitive	*sně̑ga	*sněgù	*sně̃gъ
dative	*sně̑gu	*sněgomà	*sněgòmъ
accusative	*sně̑gъ	*sně̑ga	*sně̑gy
instrumental	*sně̑gъmь, *sně̑gomь*	*sněgomà	*sněgý
locative	*sně̑dzě	*sněgù	*snědzě̃xъ
vocative	*sněže	*sně̑ga	*sně̑dzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: снѣгъ (sněgŭ)
    • Belarusian: снег (snjeh)
    • Russian: снег (sneg)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: снїг (snjih)
    • Ukrainian: сніг (snih)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: снѣгъ (sněgŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱀⱑⰳⱏ (sněgŭ)

  • Bulgarian: сняг (snjag)
  • Macedonian: снег (sneg)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сне̑г, сније̑г

    Latin script: snȇg, snijȇg

  • Slovene: snẹ̑g (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: snieh
    • Czech: sníh
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): sněh
  • Polabian: sneg
  • Old Polish: śnieg
    • Polish: śnieg
    • Silesian: śniyg
  • Slovak: sneh
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: sniég
    • Slovincian: snjég
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: sněh
    • Lower Sorbian: sněg