Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrno
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Latvian zirnis (“pea”), Lithuanian žirnis (“pea”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *zь̀rno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zь̀rno | *zь̀rně | *zь̀rna |
| genitive | *zь̀rna | *zь̀rnu | *zь̀rnъ |
| dative | *zь̀rnu | *zь̀rnoma | *zь̀rnomъ |
| accusative | *zь̀rno | *zь̀rně | *zь̀rna |
| instrumental | *zь̀rnъmь, *zь̀rnomь* | *zь̀rnoma | *zь̀rnȳ |
| locative | *zь̀rně | *zь̀rnu | *zь̀rně̄xъ |
| vocative | *zь̀rno | *zь̀rně | *zь̀rna |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South-Slavic:
- West-Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зерно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zь̀rno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553: “n. o (a) ‘grain’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zьrno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 149, 155; PR 132)”