Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьrnь

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

*stь̑rnь

Etymology

Allegedly variated from *tьrnъ (“thorn”).

Noun

*stь̑rnь f

1. stubble, what is left on the field after its being mowed down

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stь̑rnь	*stь̑rni	*stь̑rni
genitive	*stьrní	*stьrnьjù, *stьrňu*	*stьrnь̀jь
dative	*stь̑rni	*stьrnьmà	*stь̑rnьmъ
accusative	*stь̑rnь	*stь̑rni	*stь̑rni
instrumental	*stьrnьjǫ́	*stьrnьmà	*stьrnьmì
locative	*stьrní	*stьrnьjù, *stьrňu*	*stь̑rnьxъ
vocative	*stьrni	*stь̑rni	*stь̑rni

^* 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:
  • Russian: стернь (sternʹ), стерня́ (sternjá)
  • Ukrainian: стерня́ (sternjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: стрънь (strŭnĭ)
  • Bulgarian: стрън (strǎn)
  • Macedonian: стрн (strn)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стр̑н, стр̑н

    Latin script: stȓn, stȓn

  • Slovene: stȓn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: strn
  • Polish: ścierń
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: šćerń
    • Lower Sorbian: šćerń

Further reading

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