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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sestra

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *sesra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.[1] Or formed by *-treh₂ by analogy to Indo-European relationship nouns.

Noun

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*sestrà f[1]

  1. sister

Inflection

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Declension of *sestrà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *sestrà *sèstrě *sestrỳ
genitive *sestrỳ *sestrù *sèstrъ
dative *sestrě̀ *sestràma *sestràmъ
accusative *sestrǫ̀ *sèstrě *sestrỳ
instrumental *sestròjǫ, *sèstrǫ** *sestràma *sestràmī
locative *sestrě̀ *sestrù *sestràsъ, *sestràxъ*
vocative *sestro *sèstrě *sestrỳ

* -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).

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sestrà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
  2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “сестра”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 341
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “сестра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 239