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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrno

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Latvian zirnis (“pea”), Lithuanian žirnis (“pea”).

Noun

*zь̀rno n[1][2]

  1. grain

Declension

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зьрно (zĭrno)
  • South-Slavic:
  • West-Slavic:
    • Old Czech: zrno
      • Czech: zrno
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): zrno
    • Kashubian: zôrno
    • Polabian: źornü
    • Polish: ziarno
    • Slovak: zrno
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: zerno

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

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zь̀rno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 553: “n. o (a) ‘grain’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “zьrno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 149, 155; PR 132)”
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