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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/proso

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

Unknown. If the Old Prussian word is cognate and not borrowed then from Proto-Balto-Slavic *praśan, which is put as from a Proto-Indo-European *proḱom from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley”), or from *pres- (“to press”). Non-Indo-European origin is also possible. Compare Eastern Mari шурно (šurno), Moksha суро (suro).

Noun

*prȍso n[1]

  1. broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Inflection

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: просо (proso)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • → Latvian: prosa
  • → Lithuanian: prosais
  • →? Old Prussian: prassan (“millet”, accusative)

Further reading
  • Nieminen, Eino (1956), “Die Benennungen der Hirse in den baltischen Sprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 74. 3./4., pages 166 and 169
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “просо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “proso prosa, pl. prosa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 139, 157, 188, 199; PR 138; MP 20; RPT 111)”
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