kśěn

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Lower Sorbian

kśěn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xrěnъ; cognate with Upper Sorbian chrěn, Polish chrzan, Czech křen, Russian хрен (xren), Serbo-Croatian hrȅn.

Pronunciation

Noun

kśěn m inan

  1. horseradish (Armoracia rusticana; condiment made from its root)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kśěn”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kśěn”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag