Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prosterti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *pro-sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-. Cognate with Sanskrit स्तृणाति (stṛṇā́ti, “to sprinkle, throw”), स्तृणोति (stṛṇṓti), स्तरति (stárati), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (staraiti, “to stretch out”), Latvian stirinât (“to move, shake”), Ancient Greek στόρνῡμι (stórnūmi, “to spread”), στορέννῡμι (storénnūmi), στρώννῡμι (strṓnnūmi), Latin sternō (“to spread out”). Past passive participle *prostьrtъ is an exact cognate of Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀‎ (frastərəta), and base form *stьrtъ is an exact cognate of Sanskrit स्तृत (stṛtá), Ancient Greek στρωτός (strōtós), Latin strātus.

Verb

*prosterti [1]

to extend

Inflection

1sg. *prostьrǫ

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*prostorъ (“space, expanse”)
*stornà (“side, land”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: прасце́рці (prascjérci)
  - Russian: простере́ть (prosterétʹ), 1sg. простру́ (prostrú)
  - Ukrainian: просте́рти (prostérty)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: прострѣти (prostrěti), 1sg. простьрѫ (prostĭrǫ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: простра́ (prostrá)
- Macedonian: простре (prostre)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: про̀стрије̄ти, 1sg. про̏стрије̄м
  
  Latin: pròstrijēti, 1sg. prȍstrijēm
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): prostrĩti, 2sg. prȍstreš
  - Chakavian (Novi): prostrít
- Slovene: prostrẹ́ti (“to expand”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. prostrȅm (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: prostřít
- Old Polish: rozprostrzeć, rozpostrzeć
  - Polish: rozpostrzeć, 1sg. rozpostrę
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: přestrěć
  - Lower Sorbian: pśestŕeś

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prosterti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421: “v. ‘extend’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*prosterti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421: “v. ‘extend’”