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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьstina

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 *jistъ + *-ina.

Noun

*jьstina f

  1. truth

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: истина (istina)
    • Bulgarian: истина (istina)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: истина
      Latin script: istina
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jistina
    • >? Old Polish: hiścina, iścina

References

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