Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zaslonъ

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

By surface analysis, *za- +‎ *slonъ (“offset”). Synchronically, a deverbal of *zasloniti.

Noun

*zaslonъ m

1. shelter, screen
2. curtain

Declension

Declension of *zaslonъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zaslonъ	*zaslona	*zasloni
genitive	*zaslona	*zaslonu	*zaslonъ
dative	*zaslonu	*zaslonoma	*zaslonomъ
accusative	*zaslonъ	*zaslona	*zaslony
instrumental	*zaslonъmь, *zaslonomь*	*zaslonoma	*zaslony
locative	*zasloně	*zaslonu	*zasloněxъ
vocative	*zaslone	*zaslona	*zasloni

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

Alternative forms

• *zaslona f
  • Ukrainian: засло́на (zaslóna) (dialectal)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: засло́н (zaslón)
  • Ukrainian: заслі́н (zaslín), засло́н (zaslón)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: засло́н (zaslón)
  • Macedonian: заслон (zaslon)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за́слон

    Latin script: záslon

  • Slovene: zaslȍn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: záclona f
  • Polish: zasłona f
  • Silesian: zasłōna f
  • Slovak: záclona f

Further reading

• Snoj, Marko (2016) “zaslon”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “iz *za in *sloni̋ti”