Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnędъ

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.

Probably from *àgnę (“lamb”) but the construction of the word is unclear. Machek suggested that it was originally a collective word. Compare *govę̀do (“bull; cattle”).

For meaning shift compare Polish bazia (“lamb; catkin”), Belarusian багня́ (bahnjá, “lamb; catkin”), Slovak bahniatka (“catkins”) : bahniatko (“lamb”).

May be related with Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos, “chaste tree”).

*agnędъ m^[1][2]

2. (botany) catkin, ament
3. poplar (any tree of the genus Populus)

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: багня́ти pl (bahnjáti)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: агнѧдъ (agnędŭ), агнѧдиѥ (agnędije), ꙗгнѧдиѥ (jagnędije) (Russian recension)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: jàgnjed

    Cyrillic script: ја̀гњед

    ⇒ Latin script: jàgnjeda f

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: ја̀гњеда f

  • Slovene: jágned, jágnjed (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jěhněd
    • Czech: jehněd (dated)
    • ⇒ Czech: jehněda f
  • ⇒ Old Polish: bagnięć m
    • ⇒ Polish: bagniątko m (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Slovak: jahňada f; jahneda f (dialectal)