Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrstь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *gursti-. Cognate with Latvian gùrste (“bundle of flax”) and possibly with Ancient Greek ἀγοστός (agostós, “flat of the hand”).

Noun

*gъ̑rstь f

cupped hand

Inflection

Declension of *gъ̑rstь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъ̑rstь	*gъ̑rsti	*gъ̑rsti
genitive	*gъrstí	gъrstьjù, gъrsťu^*	*gъrstь̀jь
dative	*gъ̑rsti	*gъrstьmà	*gъ̑rstьmъ
accusative	*gъ̑rstь	*gъ̑rsti	*gъ̑rsti
instrumental	*gъrstьjǫ́	*gъrstьmà	*gъrstьmì
locative	*gъrstí	gъrstьjù, gъrsťu^*	*gъ̑rstьxъ
vocative	*gъrsti	*gъ̑rsti	*gъ̑rsti

^* 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: горсць (horscʹ)
- Russian: горсть (gorstʹ)
- Ukrainian: горсть (horstʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: гръсть (grŭstĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱏⱄⱅⱐ (grŭstĭ)
- Bulgarian: гръ́ст (grǎ́st) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: грст (grst)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пре̏гр̄шт
  
  Latin script: prȅgr̄št
  - Chakavian (Orbanići): gȓs
- Slovene: grst
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hrst
  - Czech: hrst
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): hrst
    - Moravian (Mistřice): hrsť
- Polish: garść
- Slovak: hrsť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: horšć
  - Lower Sorbian: gjarsć

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: grusht

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъ̑rstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress