Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osь

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 *aśís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-.

Noun

*ȍsь f

1. axis, axle

Inflection

Declension of *ȍsь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ȍsь	*ȍsi	*ȍsi
genitive	*osí	*osьjù, *ošu*	*osь̀jь
dative	*ȍsi	*osьmà	*ȍsьmъ
accusative	*ȍsь	*ȍsi	*ȍsi
instrumental	*osьjǫ́	*osьmà	*osьmì
locative	*osí	*osьjù, *ošu*	*ȍsьxъ
vocative	*osi	*ȍsi	*ȍsi

^* 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:
  • Old East Slavic: ось (osĭ)
    • Belarusian: вось (vosʹ)
    • Russian: ось (osʹ)
    • Ukrainian: вісь (visʹ), genitive: о́сі (ósi)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: ось (osĭ)
  • Bulgarian: ос (os)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: оска (oska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̑с, о̑са

    Latin script: ȏs, ȏsa

  • Slovene: ọ̑s (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: osa
  • Polabian: vis
  • Polish: oś
  • Slovak: os
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wós
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: osie