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)
    • Bulgarian: е́сен (ésen)
    • → Russian: есень (jesenʹ)
    • Macedonian: есен (esen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: је̏се̄н

    Latin script: jȅsēn

  • Slovene: jesén

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jeseň
  • Kashubian: jeséń
  • Polish: jesień
  • Slovak: jeseň

See also

• (seasons) *vermę goda; *jaro / *vesna, *lěto, *(j)esenь, *zima

Further reading

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