Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/norstъ

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

Alternative forms

• *nȏrostь f

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian nā̀rsts (“spawning”), Lithuanian nar̃štas (“spawning”). See *nerstъ.

Noun

*nȏrstъ m

1. spawning

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȏrstъ	*nȏrsta	*nȏrsti
genitive	*nȏrsta	*norstù	*nõrstъ
dative	*nȏrstu	*norstomà	*norstòmъ
accusative	*nȏrstъ	*nȏrsta	*nȏrsty
instrumental	*nȏrstъmь, *nȏrstomь*	*norstomà	*norstý
locative	*nȏrstě	*norstù	*norstě̃xъ
vocative	*norste	*nȏrsta	*nȏrsti

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

Related terms

• *nerstъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: но́рост m (nórost, “frog spawn”) (dialectal), но́рос m (nóros, “frog spawn”) (dialectal), но́рость f (nórostʹ, “spawning”) (dialectal)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȏrostъ; *nȏrostь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 356