Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrstь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gursti-. Cognate with Latvian gùrste (“bundle of flax”) and possibly with Ancient Greek ἀγοστός (agostós, “flat of the hand”).
Noun
[edit]*gъ̑rstь f
- cupped hand
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *gъ̑rstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *gъ̑rstь | *gъ̑rsti | *gъ̑rsti |
genitive | *gъrstí | *gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu* | *gъrstь̀jь |
dative | *gъ̑rsti | *gъrstьmà | *gъ̑rstьmъ |
accusative | *gъ̑rstь | *gъ̑rsti | *gъ̑rsti |
instrumental | *gъrstьjǫ́ | *gъrstьmà | *gъrstьmì |
locative | *gъrstí | *gъrstьjù, *gъrsťu* | *gъ̑rstьxъ |
vocative | *gъrsti | *gъ̑rsti | *gъ̑rsti |
* 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: grusht
References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъ̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 199
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress