Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sernъ

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śer(s)nos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(H)-no-m. Cognate with Latvian sȩ̄rsna (“hoarfrost”), Lithuanian šerkšnas (“hoarfrost”), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “ice”), Proto-Germanic *herzną.

Noun

*sẽrnъ m

  1. hoarfrost, crust of ice
    Synonym: *jьnьjь

Inflection

Declension of *sẽrnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *sẽrnъ *sērnà *sērnì
genitive *sērnà *sērnù *sẽrnъ
dative *sērnù *sērnòma *sērnòmъ
accusative *sẽrnъ *sērnà *sērnỳ
instrumental *sērnъ̀mь, *sērnòmь* *sērnòma *sẽrny
locative *sērně̀ *sērnù *sẽrněxъ
vocative *serne *sērnà *sērnì

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sérnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 444
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