Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tesъ

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

From *tesati (“to hew”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*tesъ m

1. timber

Inflection

Declension of *tesъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tesъ	*tesa	*tesi
genitive	*tesa	*tesu	*tesъ
dative	*tesu	*tesoma	*tesomъ
accusative	*tesъ	*tesa	*tesy
instrumental	*tesъmь, *tesomь*	*tesoma	*tesy
locative	*tesě	*tesu	*tesěxъ
vocative	*tese	*tesa	*tesi

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

Related terms

• *tesati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тесъ (tesŭ)
    • Belarusian:
    • Russian: тёс (tjos)
    • Ukrainian: тес (tes)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: tes
  • Polish: cios

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tesъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тёс”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress