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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tuskъ
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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
According to Vasmer, cognate with Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī (“dark, gloomy”). See there for further connections.
Declension
Declension of *tuskъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tuskъ | *tuska | *tusci |
| genitive | *tuska | *tusku | *tuskъ |
| dative | *tusku | *tuskoma | *tuskomъ |
| accusative | *tuskъ | *tuska | *tusky |
| instrumental | *tuskъmь, *tuskomь* | *tuskoma | *tusky |
| locative | *tuscě | *tusku | *tuscěxъ |
| vocative | *tušče | *tuska | *tusci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *тускъ (*tuskŭ)
- Russian: туск (tusk) (obsolete)
- Old East Slavic: *тускъ (*tuskŭ)
- South Slavic:
- >? Bulgarian: стущавам се (stuštavam se, “to get dark”) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: на̀туштити
- Latin script: nàtuštiti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1973) “туск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 126
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