Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gornostajь

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

Alternative forms

  • *gornostalь

Etymology

Noun

*gornostajь m

  1. stoat, ermine (Mustela erminea)

Declension

Declension of *gornostajь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gornostajь *gornostaja *gornostaji
genitive *gornostaja *gornostaju *gornostajь
dative *gornostaju *gornostajema *gornostajemъ
accusative *gornostajь *gornostaja *gornostaję̇
instrumental *gornostajьmь, *gornostajemь* *gornostajema *gornostaji
locative *gornostaji *gornostaju *gornostajixъ
vocative *gornostaju *gornostaja *gornostaji

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

From *gornostajь:

From *gornostalь:

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: горносталь (gornostalĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: горноста́ль (hornostálʹ)
        • Ukrainian: горноста́ль (hornostálʹ) (dialectal)
      • Russian: горноста́ль (gornostálʹ), горноста́рь (gornostárʹ) (dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: горносталь (gornostalĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: gránosəlj, gránozəlj (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hramostýl (dialectal)
    • Polish: gronostal

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “горноста́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gornostalь/*gornostajь?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 48
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