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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gírˀnūˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h-₂núH-s, from *gʷréh₂wō, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.

Noun

*gírˀnūˀ f [1]

  1. millstone

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Descendants
  • Latvian: dzir̃nus, dzir̃nas, dzir̃navas
  • Lithuanian: gìrna
  • Old Prussian: girnoywis
  • Slavic: *žь̀rny (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žьrny”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566: “*girʔnuʔ”
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