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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech žrnov, from Proto-Slavic *žьrny, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō.
Pronunciation
Noun
žernov m inan
- quern
Declension
Declension of žernov (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “žernov”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žernov”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žernov”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)