чрънъ

See also: чрьнъ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirsnos, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós (“black”). Cognates include Lithuanian kir̃snas (“black”), Norwegian and Swedish harr (“grayling”), Old Prussian kirsnan (“black”) and Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇá, “black”).

Adjective

чрънъ • (črŭnŭ)

  1. black

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “черный”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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