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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrnas or *kúrˀnas, cognate with Latvian kur̃ns (“deaf”). Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”) + *-nъ, but in view of Sanskrit कीर्ण (kīrṇa, “injured, hurt”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (karəna, “deaf”), origin from *(s)kerH- (“to crop, to injure”) has been proposed instead.
Adjective
*kъ̑rnъ
- truncated, cut
- Synonyms: *kǫsъ, *xudъ
- → chipped, broken
- → impaired in some manner (tailless, hornless for animals; eyeless, earless, noseless, crippled for person)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кърнъ (kŭrnŭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́рный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 236
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “крън нар., кърн диал.”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 47
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