Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęženь

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

Perhaps, related to *sęgati (“to reach”).

Noun

*sęženь m

  1. fathom?

Inflection

Declension of *sęženь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sęženь *sęženi *sęženьje, *sęžeňe*
genitive *sęženi *sęženьju, *sęžeňu* *sęženьjь, *sęženi*
dative *sęženi *sęženьma *sęženьmъ
accusative *sęženь *sęženi *sęženi
instrumental *sęženьmь *sęženьma *sęženьmi
locative *sęženi *sęženьju, *sęžeňu* *sęženьxъ
vocative *sęženi *sęženi *sęženьje, *sęžeňe*

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сѧжень (sęženĭ), сажень (saženĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: са́жень (sáženʹ)
        • Belarusian: са́жань (sážanʹ), ся́жань (sjážanʹ); са́жэнь (sáženʹ) (dialectal)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: ся́жень (sjáženʹ)
        • Ukrainian: са́жень (sáženʹ); ся́жень (sjáženʹ), са́жінь (sážinʹ) (dialectal)
      • Russian: са́же́нь (sážénʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Serbian Church Slavonic: сѧжень (sęženĭ)
      • Macedonian: сажен (sažen)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: се̏жањ
      Latin script: sȅžanj
    • Slovene: sẹ́ženj (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: sаžеň
    • Old Polish: sążeń
    • Polabian: sązmą
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: syżéń
      • Slovincian: syżeń
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: sеžаń, sćežań
      • Upper Sorbian: sаžеń

Further reading

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