Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/jьnъ

What's the "comparative of Proto-Slavic *inъ", as mentioned in інший? Wyang (talk) 02:18, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Actually I have no idea. I thought comparatives had -š- but they don't so there must be something else. I don't know what though. —CodeCat 02:22, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Vasmer describes Russian only Russian etymologies, as far as I know but "š" is often present in the comparative forms in Slavic languages, when the normal form doesn't have it, cf. Russian: меньше, тоньше, лучше, выше. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 02:30, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I see. The nominative actually had no š in Proto-Slavic but all the other forms did. I'm guessing that the form is *injьjь, stem *injьš-. But it's probable that this comparative was formed only in old Ukrainian or Old East Slavic and not in Proto-Slavic. —CodeCat 02:36, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes, perhaps. Ukrainian had also an alternative form "і́нчий". Although your assumption about the comparative origin seem plausible it's difficult to prove. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 02:47, 12 September 2013 (UTC)