Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prosinьcь

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

Multiple theories exist. One theory derives it from *siňь (“gray”) because of the darkness of December nights. Another theory derives it from *sijati (“to shine, glow”) referring to the winter solstice. Christian sources derive it from *prositi (“to pray”) referring to Christmas.

Noun

*prosìnьcь m^[1]

first month after Winter solstice (corresponds to December or January)
Synonym: *kologъ

Declension

Declension of *prosìnьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prosìnьcь	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьci
genitive	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьcu	*prosìnьcь
dative	*prosìnьcu	*prosìnьcema	*prosìnьcēmъ
accusative	*prosìnьcь	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьcę̇
instrumental	prosìnьcьmь, prosìnьcemь^*	*prosìnьcema	*prosìnьcī
locative	*prosìnьci	*prosìnьcu	*prosìnьcīxъ
vocative	*prosìnьče	*prosìnьca	*prosìnьci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Russian: про́синец (prósinec, “January”) (archaic)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: просиньць (prosinĭcĭ, “January”)
  
  unspecified script:
- Bulgarian: просинец (prosinec, “January”) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: про̀синац (“December”)
  
  Latin script: pròsinac (“December”)
- Slovene: prosȋnec (“January”) (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: prosinec (“December”)
- Slovak: prosinec (“December”) (archaic)

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “prosȋnec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*prosi̋nьcь”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “prosȋnec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*prosi̋nьcь”

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