Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/porxъno

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

Possibly substantivized adjective *porxъnъ (judging by Upper Sorbian prochny (“mouldering, rotten”), Czech práchněti (“to become covered with rot, mould, to decay”), Ukrainian по́рохонь f (póroxonʹ, “rotten tree”)), related to *porxъ, *poršiti and *-ьnъ.

Noun

*porxъno n

1. something rotten, mouldy, decayed (rot, rotten/rotted tree)

Inflection

Declension of *porxъno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*porxъno	*porxъně	*porxъna
genitive	*porxъna	*porxъnu	*porxъnъ
dative	*porxъnu	*porxъnoma	*porxъnomъ
accusative	*porxъno	*porxъně	*porxъna
instrumental	*porxъnъmь, *porxъnomь*	*porxъnoma	*porxъny
locative	*porxъně	*porxъnu	*porxъněxъ
vocative	*porxъno	*porxъně	*porxъna

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: порохно́ (poroxnó)
  • Ukrainian: порохно́ (poroxnó)
• South Slavic: —
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: práchno
  • Polish: próchno
  • Slovak: práchno

References

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