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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ętry

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jenˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian jéntė (17th century), ìntė (Eastern dialectal), Latvian ìetere, iẽtaļa. Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἐνάτηρ (enátēr), Latin janitrīcēs, Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), and Old Armenian ներ (ner).

Noun

*ętry f

  1. husband's brother's wife

Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙗтрꙑ (jatry), gen. ꙗтръве (jatrŭve)
      • Belarusian: ятро́ўка (jatróŭka)
      • Russian: я́тровь (játrovʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ятрі́вка (jatrívka), ятро́вка (jatróvka)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: jatrev
    • Old Polish: jątry, jątrew
      • Polish: jątrew (archaic), gen. jątrwi

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ętry”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 158
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ятровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jętry”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 188
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