Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьspolinъ

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

Uncertain.

Noun

*jьspolinъ m^[1]

giant

Inflection

Declension of *jьspolinъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьspolinъ	*jьspolina	*jьspolini
genitive	*jьspolina	*jьspolinu	*jьspolinъ
dative	*jьspolinu	*jьspolinoma	*jьspolinomъ
accusative	*jьspolinъ	*jьspolina	*jьspoliny
instrumental	jьspolinъmь, jьspolinomь^*	*jьspolinoma	*jьspoliny
locative	*jьspolině	*jьspolinu	*jьspoliněxъ
vocative	*jьspoline	*jьspolina	*jьspolini

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: исполинъ (ispolinŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: исполинъ (ispolin)
  - Russian: исполи́н (ispolín) (literary)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⰻⱄⱂⱁⰾⰻⱀⱏ (ispolinŭ)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: исполинъ (ispolinŭ)
  - Russian Church Slavonic: исполинъ (ispolinŭ)
  - Bulgarian: исполи́н (ispolín) (literary)
  - Macedonian: исполин (ispolin) (literary)
- Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)
  Cyrillic script: испо̀лӣн
  
  Latin script: ispòlīn
West Slavic:
- Old Polish:
  - Polish: stolim, stolin, stwolin (obsolete); stolem (dialectal)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: stolem, stolëm, stolim
  - Slovincian: stôlëm

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьspolinъ/*spolinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 240

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьspolinъ/*spolinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 240

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