Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/esetь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *eśetis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱetis (“harrow”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

*esetь f

1. rack for drying grain

Inflection

Declension of *esetь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*esetь	*eseti	*eseti
genitive	*eseti	*esetьju, *eseťu*	*esetьjь, *eseti*
dative	*eseti	*esetьma	*esetьmъ
accusative	*esetь	*eseti	*eseti
instrumental	*esetьjǫ, *eseťǫ*	*esetьma	*esetьmi
locative	*eseti	*esetьju, *eseťu*	*esetьxъ
vocative	*eseti	*eseti	*eseti

^* 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

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: о́сэч (óseč, “granary, drying shed”) (Western), во́сэч (vóseč, “granary, drying shed”) (Western), асэ́ч (aséč, “granary, drying shed”) (Western), осётка (osjotka, “granary”) (dialectal), асётка (asjótka, “place in granary for drying sheaves”) (dialectal)
  • Russian: осе́ть (osétʹ, “granary, rack for drying grain”)
  • Ukrainian: о́сіть (ósitʹ, “granary”)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: jesieć (“grain sieve”) (dialectal), osieć (“granary”) (Eastern dialectal), jesiótka (“grain sieve”) (dialectal), osiótka (“granary”) (Western dialectal)