Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poskonь

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

Per Vasmer, cognate with Latvian paskaņi and Old High German faso (“fibre”).

Noun

*poskonь f

  1. male cannabis, hemp

Inflection

Declension of *poskonь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *poskonь *poskoni *poskoni
genitive *poskoni *poskonьju, *poskoňu* *poskonьjь, *poskoni*
dative *poskoni *poskonьma *poskonьmъ
accusative *poskonь *poskoni *poskoni
instrumental *poskonьjǫ, *poskoňǫ* *poskonьma *poskonьmi
locative *poskoni *poskonьju, *poskoňu* *poskonьxъ
vocative *poskoni *poskoni *poskoni

* 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:
    • Belarusian: паскання́ (paskannjá)
    • Russian: по́сконь (póskonʹ)
    • Ukrainian: по́скiнь (póskinʹ), пло́скiнь (plóskinʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: ploskovníca (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: роskоnеk
    • Old Polish: рłоskоnеk
      • Polish: рłоskоń

Further reading

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