Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těnь

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

Probably a contamination between Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ and Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Noun

*těnь f

1. shade, shadow

   Synonym: *sě̀nь

Inflection

Declension of *těnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*těnь	*těni	*těni
genitive	*těni	*těnьju, *těňu*	*těnьjь, *těni*
dative	*těni	*těnьma	*těnьmъ
accusative	*těnь	*těni	*těni
instrumental	*těnьjǫ, *těňǫ*	*těnьma	*těnьmi
locative	*těni	*těnьju, *těňu*	*těnьxъ
vocative	*těni	*těni	*těni

^* 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).

Related terms

adjective

• *tьmьnъ

 

noun

• *tьma

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: тѣнь (těnĭ)
    • Belarusian: цень (cjenʹ)
    • Russian: тень (tenʹ)
    • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: тїнь (tjinʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: тѣня (těnja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тење, тијење

    Latin script: tenje, tijenje

  • Slovene: tẹ́njа (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stien
    • Czech: stín
  • Kashubian: céń, ceniô
  • Old Polish: cień
    • Polish: cień
  • Slovak: tieň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: śěń

Further reading

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