Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trьstь

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

Unclear, perhaps:

1. from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₁- (“stiff”) as Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”), Latin strēnuus (“brisk”), from which root with extension *(s)treg- (“rigid, stiff”) from which Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“firm, rigid”)
2. from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“stretching”)

Noun

*trьstь or trъstь f

1. reed, cane
2. cane stick

Declension

Declension of *trьstь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trьstь	*trьsti	*trьsti
genitive	*trьsti	*trьstьju, *trьsťu*	*trьstьjь, *trьsti*
dative	*trьsti	*trьstьma	*trьstьmъ
accusative	*trьstь	*trьsti	*trьsti
instrumental	*trьstьjǫ, *trьsťǫ*	*trьstьma	*trьstьmi
locative	*trьsti	*trьstьju, *trьsťu*	*trьstьxъ
vocative	*trьsti	*trьsti	*trьsti

^* 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).

Declension of *trъstь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*trъstь	*trъsti	*trъsti
genitive	*trъsti	*trъstьju, *trъsťu*	*trъstьjь, *trъsti*
dative	*trъsti	*trъstьma	*trъstьmъ
accusative	*trъstь	*trъsti	*trъsti
instrumental	*trъstьjǫ, *trъsťǫ*	*trъstьma	*trъstьmi
locative	*trъsti	*trъstьju, *trъsťu*	*trъstьxъ
vocative	*trъsti	*trъsti	*trъsti

^* 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

• Old East Slavic: трьсть (trĭstĭ), тръсть (trŭstĭ)
  • Belarusian:
    • ⇒ Belarusian: трыснёг (trysnjóh)
  • Russian: тресть (trestʹ), трость (trostʹ)
    • ⇒ Russian: тростни́к (trostník), тро́стка (tróstka), трости́на (trostína)
  • Ukrainian: трость (trostʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: трьсть (trĭstĭ), тръсть (trŭstĭ)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: тряст (trjast), тръст (trǎst)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: тръстика (trǎstika)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: трска (trska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тр̑ст,

    Latin script: tȓst

    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

      Latin script: tȑska,

      Cyrillic script: тр̏ска,

  • Slovene: tȓst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: tresť
    • ⇒ Czech: třtina
  • ⇒ Kashubian: strzëna
  • Old Polish: treść
    • Polish: treść
    • ⇒ Polish: trzcina
  • Slovak: trsť
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: sćina
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: sćina

Further reading

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