Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”) (referring to the insect's woven nests).
Cognate with Lithuanian vapsvà, Old Breton guohi, Old English wæsp, Latin vespa
Noun
*osà f
Declension
Declension of *osà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *osà | *òsě | *osỳ |
genitive | *osỳ | *osù | *òsъ |
dative | *osě̀ | *osàma | *osàmъ |
accusative | *osǫ̀ | *òsě | *osỳ |
instrumental | *osòjǫ, *òsǫ** | *osàma | *osàmī |
locative | *osě̀ | *osù | *osàsъ, *osàxъ* |
vocative | *oso | *òsě | *osỳ |
* -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).
** 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).
See also
Descendants
- South Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “оса́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress