Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/azьno

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 *āˀźina, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-í-no-s, from *h₂eǵ- (“goat”). Equivalent to *azь (“goat”) +‎ *-ьno.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian oženà (“goatskin”), ožìnis (“goat-”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit अजिन (ajína, “(animal) skin”).

Noun

*azьno n

1. goatskin

Declension

Declension of *azьno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*azьno	*azьně	*azьna
genitive	*azьna	*azьnu	*azьnъ
dative	*azьnu	*azьnoma	*azьnomъ
accusative	*azьno	*azьně	*azьna
instrumental	*azьnъmь, *azьnomь*	*azьnoma	*azьny
locative	*azьně	*azьnu	*azьněxъ
vocative	*azьno	*azьně	*azьna

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

See also

• *koža (“skin, leather < goat (skin, hide)”)

Descendants

• Old Church Slavonic: азно (azno), азьно (azĭno) (Serbian), ꙗзьно (jazĭno) (Serbian, Russian)
• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ꙗзьно (jazĭno)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “язно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 103