Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osojь

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: denominal/deverbal, *ot-/*ob-, *(s)ḱeh₁y-/*(s)ḱeh₃-.

*ob-/*ot-:

Per Miklosich, Дуриданов, Лома: from *otsojь with *ot-. Compare 13th century Old Serbian на Ѡтсоиноу стѣноу^[1] and antonymous Church Slavonic присоѥ (prisoje, “sunny place”).^[2]
Per ESSJa: from *obsojь with "shadow" ⇐ "shine" / "reflection" (отблеск). Compare Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “shadow; shade; reflection”) ("shadow" ⇒ "reflection" if from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”)).
- Proto-Slavic *ob (“around”) would mean one around which light passes, devoid of light. Similar to Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ (“island”) from Proto-Slavic *strujiti (“to stream”).
Per Bezlaj: from *obsojь with abessive *ob-. Compare *h₂epó (“off, away”) / *h₂pó > *opakъ, *po.
Per Skok: from assimilated *usojь, from negative *u-. Compare *ubogъ.

*(s)ḱeh₁y-/*(s)ḱeh₃-:

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine, shimmer”)
- *sijati (“to shine”) (per ESSJa, BER)
- Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan, “to shine”) (per ?ESSJa, ?Vasmer)
*(s)ḱeh₃y- (“to shade”), *(s)ḱeh₃-
- Proto-Slavic *sěnь (“shadow”) (per Vasmer). See also *siňь, *sivъ, *śěrъ.
- Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow; shade”), σκοιός (skoiós, “shady”) (per ?ESSJa, ?Vasmer)
- Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “shadow; shade; reflection”) (per ?ESSJa, ?Vasmer)
See also Proto-Germanic *blakaz and *blaikaz, *blankaz.

Noun

*osòjь m^[3]

shady place

Alternative forms

*osoja f
*osoje n

Declension

Declension of *osojь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*osojь	*osoja	*osoji
genitive	*osoja	*osoju	*osojь
dative	*osoju	*osojema	*osojemъ
accusative	*osojь	*osoja	*osoję̇
instrumental	osojьmь, osojemь^*	*osojema	*osoji
locative	*osoji	*osoju	*osojixъ
vocative	*osoju	*osoja	*osoji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*sěnь (“shadow”)
*sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ (“gray”)
*soja, *sojьka (“jay”)

Derived terms

*osojьnъ, *usojьnъ (“shady, non-lit by the sun”)
- *osojьnikъ, *usojьnikъ (“flower growing in shady places, Echium”)
- *osojьnica, *usojьnica (“viper”) (lit. one that rests at shady places)
*osojьskъ (“northern, non-lit by the sun”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: осовня (osovnja) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: осои (osoi), осоѥ (osoje)
- Bulgarian: осо́й (osój), осо́я (osója), осо́е (osóe); усо́й (usój), усо́йна (usójna)
- Macedonian: осој (osoj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: осојe
  
  Latin script: osoje
- Slovene: osọ̄ja, osóje
  - ⇒ Slovene: osóvje, osónje

References

^ Aleksandar Loma (2020) “Оружие, орудие, серб. урутка и смешение приставок”, in Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику [Matica Serbica, Classis Litterarum, Archivum Philologicum et Linguisticum], volume 63, number 1, Novi Sad: ?, page 17
^ Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “присоиѥ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 679
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “osọ̄jen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*o(b)sòja”