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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Early Proto-Slavic *ińčímūn.[1] Unknown. Sometimes linked to Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”) (see *ǫkotь (“hook”)),[2] but the semantics are dubious. Alternatively, to Ancient Greek ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“bran; awn”), Old English ēar (“ear of grain”), Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ahana, “awn; chaff”), Tocharian B āk (“ear, awn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed; awn”),[3] though Beekes rejects the Greek connection.[4] This suffers phonetic problems, namely that *č is unexpected and the nasal vowel would be unexplained. A third possibility is substrate origin, like many other agricultural terms in Indo-European.
Noun
*(j)ęčьmy m[2]
- barley
Inflection
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) Urslawisches Wörterbuch (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 117
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ęčьmy”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 156–157: “m. n ‘barley’”
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ячме́нь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀκοστή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55