Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostorъ

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from *prosterti, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रस्तार (prastāra, “measure, permutation”).

Noun

*prostòrъ m^[1]

space, expanse

Inflection

Declension of *prostorъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prostorъ	*prostora	*prostori
genitive	*prostora	*prostoru	*prostorъ
dative	*prostoru	*prostoroma	*prostoromъ
accusative	*prostorъ	*prostora	*prostory
instrumental	prostorъmь, prostoromь^*	*prostoroma	*prostory
locative	*prostorě	*prostoru	*prostorěxъ
vocative	*prostore	*prostora	*prostori

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

Derived terms

*prostorьnъ (“vast”)

Related terms

*prosterti (“space, expanse”)
*stornà (“side, land”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: прасто́ра (prastóra)
  - Russian: просто́р (prostór)
  - Ukrainian: про́стір (próstir)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: просторъ (prostorŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱁⱄⱅⱁⱃⱛ (prostorü)
- Bulgarian: просто́р (prostór)
- Macedonian: простор (prostor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: про́стор
  
  Latin: próstor
- Slovene: próstor (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: prostor
- Polabian: prăstöră
- Old Polish: przestór
  - Polish: przestwór
- Old Slovak: priestor, prôstor
  - Pannonian Rusyn: простор (prostor)
  - Slovak: priestor
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: přesćera
  - Lower Sorbian: pśestwor

References

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

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

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