Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nosъ

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús (“nose”).

Noun

*nȍsъ m^[1]^[2]

nose

Declension

Declension of *nȍsъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsa	*nȍsi
genitive	*nȍsa	*nosù	*nòsъ
dative	*nȍsu	*nosomà	*nosòmъ
accusative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsa	*nȍsy
instrumental	nȍsъmь, nȍsomь^*	*nosomà	*nosý
locative	*nȍsě	*nosù	*nosě̃xъ
vocative	*nose	*nȍsa	*nȍsi

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

Declension of *nȍsъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsy	*nȍsove
genitive	*nȍsu	*nosovù	*nosòvъ
dative	*nȍsovi	*nosъmà	*nȍsъmъ
accusative	*nȍsъ	*nȍsy	*nȍsy
instrumental	*nȍsъmь	*nosъmà	*nosъmì
locative	*nosú	*nosovù	*nȍsъxъ
vocative	*nosu	*nȍsy	*nȍsove

Related terms

*nozdrà (“nostril”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: носъ (nosŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: носъ (nos)
    - Belarusian: нос (nos)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: нус (nus)
    - Ukrainian: ніс (nis)
  - Russian: нос (nos)
- Old Novgorodian: носе (nose)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: носъ (nosŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱀⱁⱄⱏ (nosŭ)
  - Bulgarian: нос (nos)
  - Macedonian: нос (nos)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: но̑с
  
  Latin script: nȏs
- Slovene: nọ̑s (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nos
  - Czech: nos
- Old Polish: nos
  - Polish: nos
  - Silesian: nos
- Old Slovak: nos
  - Pannonian Rusyn: нос (nos)
  - Slovak: nos
- Polabian: nös
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: nos
  - Slovincian: nôs
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: nós
  - Lower Sorbian: nos

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 131: “*nôsъ ― *nôs”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[2] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 131: “*nôsъ ― *nôs”

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