Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trǫsъ

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 *tręsǫ (“I shake”), first person singular present of *tręsti (“to shake”).

Noun

*trǫsъ m

1. shaking
2. earthquake

Declension

Declension of *trǫsъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trǫsъ	*trǫsa	*trǫsi
genitive	*trǫsa	*trǫsu	*trǫsъ
dative	*trǫsu	*trǫsoma	*trǫsomъ
accusative	*trǫsъ	*trǫsa	*trǫsy
instrumental	*trǫsъmь, *trǫsomь*	*trǫsoma	*trǫsy
locative	*trǫsě	*trǫsu	*trǫsěxъ
vocative	*trǫse	*trǫsa	*trǫsi

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

Derived terms

• *trǫsiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: трусъ (trusŭ)
    • Belarusian: трус (trus)
    • Russian: трус (trus)
    • Ukrainian: трус (trus)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: трѫсъ (trǫsŭ)

  • Bulgarian: трус (trus) (probably borrowed from Russian)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тру̑с

  • Slovene: trọ̑s (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: trzęs
    • Polish: trząs (rare)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трус”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress