jesìka

osa; osìna; jesìka Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `aspen'

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Russian:

osína `aspen' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

osýna `aspen' [f ā]

Czech:

osa (dial.) `aspen' [f ā]

Polish:

osa (obs.) `aspen' [f ā];

osina `aspen' [f ā]

Upper Sorbian:

wosa `aspen' [f ā]

Lower Sorbian:

wósa `aspen' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

jèsika `aspen' [f ā];

jàsika `aspen' [f ā]

Slovene:

jesíka `aspen' [f ā];

jasíka `aspen' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

jèsika `aspen' [f ā];

jàsika `aspen' [f ā]

Lithuanian:

ẽpušė `aspen' [f ē];

ãpušė (dial.) `aspen' [f ē] 1 \{1\};

Ãpšė top. [f ē] 2

Latvian:

apse `aspen' [f ē];

epse `aspen' [f ē];

epss `aspen' [f i]

Old Prussian:

abse `aspen' [f]

Indo-European reconstruction: aps-eh₂

IE meaning: aspen

Certainty: -

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Comments: The forms with *e- may be attributed to "Rozwadowski's change", though their distribution over the Balto-Slavic territory (South Slavic + Lithuanian) is remarkable.

Other cognates:

OHG aspa `aspen' [f];

OIc. ǫsp `aspen' [f]

Notes:

\{1\} Alongside epušė̃, apušė.