Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/usmъ

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 *u- + *-smъ.

Noun

*usmъ m

1. clothing, leather

Declension

Declension of *usmъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*usmъ	*usma	*usmi
genitive	*usma	*usmu	*usmъ
dative	*usmu	*usmoma	*usmomъ
accusative	*usmъ	*usma	*usmy
instrumental	*usmъmь, *usmomь*	*usmoma	*usmy
locative	*usmě	*usmu	*usměxъ
vocative	*usme	*usma	*usmi

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

Derived terms

• *usnьje

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: усмъ m (usmŭ) усма f (usma)
    • Russian: усмá f (usmá)
      • ⇒ Russian: усмáрь m (usmárʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: усмъ m (usmŭ) усма f (usma)
  • Church Slavonic: усниѥ (usnije)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: усма́р m (usmár)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: ùsmina, ȕsmina

    Cyrillic script: у̀смина

  • Slovene: úsnjа f úsno n
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: usně f
    • ⇒ Czech: usnář

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “усма́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress