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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrvenъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Passive participle of *čьrviti (to dye red), from *čьrvь (worm), certain worms being used to manufacture red dye.

Adjective

*čьrvenъ[1]

  1. red

Declension

Alternative forms

  • *čьrvľenъ

Derived terms

  • *čьrv(j)eněti
  • *čьrv(j)enica
  • *čьrv(j)eniti
  • *čьrv(j)enь

Descendants

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьrv(j)enъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 168

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čьrvjenъ; *čьrvenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 93:adj. o ‘red’
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