жёрнов

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrny, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-n-uH-. Cognates include Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan), Old Armenian երկան (erkan) and Old English cweorn (English quern).

Pronunciation

Noun

жёрнов (žórnovm inan (genitive жёрнова, nominative plural жернова́, genitive plural жерново́в)

  1. millstone

Declension

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 566