Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ogňišče

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 *ogňь +‎ *-išče.

Noun

*ogňišče n

1. fireplace, hearthstone

Declension

Declension of *ogňišče (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ogňišče	*ogňišči	*ogňišča
genitive	*ogňišča	*ogňišču	*ogňiščь
dative	*ogňišču	*ogňiščema	*ogňiščemъ
accusative	*ogňišče	*ogňišči	*ogňišča
instrumental	*ogňiščьmь, *ogňiščemь*	*ogňiščema	*ogňišči
locative	*ogňišči	*ogňišču	*ogňiščixъ
vocative	*ogňišče	*ogňišči	*ogňišča

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: огнище (ognišče)
    • Old Ruthenian: огнище (ohnišče)
      • Belarusian: во́гнішча (vóhnišča)
      • Ukrainian: во́гнище (vóhnyšče)
    • Russian: огни́ще (ogníšče)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: огни́ще (ogníšte)
  • Macedonian: огниште (ognište)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀гњӣште

    Latin script: ògnjīšte

  • Slovene: ognjíšče (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ohnišče
    • Czech: ohniště
  • Polish: ogniszcze
  • Slovak: ohnište
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wohnišćo
    • Lower Sorbian: wognišćo

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “огнище”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 777