Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Dъněstrъ

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

Kretschmer derives it from Proto-Sarmatian *dānu *nazdya "the close river" (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu- (“river”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec).

Proper noun

*Dъněstrъ m[1][2]

  1. Dniester (a river in Ukraine and Moldova)

Declension

Declension of *Dъněstrъ (hard o-stem, uncountable)
singular
nominative *Dъněstrъ
genitive *Dъněstra
dative *Dъněstru
accusative *Dъněstrъ
instrumental *Dъněstrъmь, *Dъněstromь*
locative *Dъněstrě
vocative *Dъněstre

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Днестр”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъněstrъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
  2. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2020), “Днестр”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 82
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