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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prostorъ
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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
Deverbal from *prosterti, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-. Cognate with Sanskrit प्रस्तार (prastāra, “measure, permutation”).
Inflection
Declension of *prostorъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *prostorъ | *prostora | *prostori |
| genitive | *prostora | *prostoru | *prostorъ |
| dative | *prostoru | *prostoroma | *prostoromъ |
| accusative | *prostorъ | *prostora | *prostory |
| instrumental | *prostorъmь, *prostoromь* | *prostoroma | *prostory |
| locative | *prostorě | *prostoru | *prostorěxъ |
| vocative | *prostore | *prostora | *prostori |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *prostorьnъ (“vast”)
Related terms
- *prosterti (“space, expanse”)
- *stornà (“side, land”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “простор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “простор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 773
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “prostor”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *prostòrъ”
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