wrzeciono

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wrzeciono, from Proto-Slavic *vertenò, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wertena, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-en-om, from *wert- (to turn, to rotate). Cognate with Lower Sorbian wrjeśeno, Upper Sorbian wrjećeno, Czech vřeteno, Old Church Slavonic врѣтєно (vrěteno), Russian веретено́ (veretenó) and Sanskrit वर्तन (vártana).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /vʐɛˈt͡ɕɔ.nɔ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔnɔ
  • Syllabification: wrze‧cio‧no

Noun

wrzeciono n (diminutive wrzecionko)

  1. spindle (rod for spinning and winding thread)
  2. (Near Masovian) small iron cylinder turned by a millstone

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Further reading

  • wrzeciono in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wrzeciono in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “wrzeciono”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 371