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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těsnъ

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

From *těskъ (“pressing”) +‎ *-nъ with loss of *-k- between *s and *n (compare Proto-Slavic *ěsnъ (“clear”)). Probably from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂y- (“to dunk, to knead”), akin to Proto-Slavic *tajati (“to melt, to precipitate”).

Adjective

*tě̑snъ[1][2][3]

  1. narrow
    Synonym: *ǫzъkъ
    Antonym: *širokъ

Alternative forms

  • *těsьnъ (reanalyzed in later times)

Inflection

Accent paradigm c.

Derived terms

  • *těsniti (“to narrow, to squeeze”)
  • *těsnoba, *těsnina, *těsnota (“narrowness”)

Descendants

Further reading

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

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*těsnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 492
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “tesen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *tě̑snъ”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “těsnъ těsna těsno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c tæt (PR 138)”
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