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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrny

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h-₂núH-s, from *gʷréh₂wō.

Noun

*žь̀rny f [1]

  1. millstone

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: жо́рны pl (žórny)
    • Russian: жёрнов (žórnov)
    • Ukrainian: жо́рна (žórna)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: жрьнꙑ (žrĭny), жръновъ (žrŭnovŭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: же́рка (žérka)
    • Macedonian: [Term?]
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: жр̑вањ
      Latin: žrvanj
    • Slovene: žȓnǝv (tonal orthography) (gen. žȓnve)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: žernov, žerna
    • Polish: żarnów, żarna

Further reading

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
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