Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьnьjь

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.

• *jь̀nьje n

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *iˀnias^[1] (whence Lithuanian ýnis), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁iH-n̥-yós,^[2] from *h₁eyH-. Morphologically equivalent to *jьnь +‎ *-jь.

*jьnьjь m^[3]

1. hoar frost, rime

   Synonyms: *sẽrnъ, *golotь

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: инии (inii), инеи (inei), иниѥ (inije)
    • Old Ruthenian: иней (inej)
      • Belarusian: і́ней m (ínjej)
      • Ukrainian: і́ній m (ínij)
    • Russian: и́ней m (ínej)
      • ⇒ Russian: и́неветь (ínevetʹ), и́ндеветь (índevetʹ)
      • ⇒ Russian: и́вень (ívenʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: инии (inii), иниѥ (inije), иней (inej), иний (inij) (Russian)
    • Bulgarian: и́ней (ínej); и́не n (íne), и́н'е n (ín'e), и́н'а f (ín'a), и́н'о̂ f (ín'ô) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: и́ње n (ínje)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: и̑ње n; ин m (archaic, rare)

    Latin script: ȋnje n; in m (archaic, rare)

  • Slovene: ȋnje n, ȋmje n, ȋvje n, in m
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jínie n
    • Czech: jíní n
    • ⇒ Czech: iňava
  • Old Slovak: jínie n
    • ⇒ Slovak: íňavica f (dialectal)