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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/granь

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 1

Originally a nomen acti of *graniti (“to branch”) +‎ *-nь, later concretized as the result of this action. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrān- (“edge, end, tip”), see also Welsh gran (“eyelid”), Breton grann (“brow, eyebrow”), Old Irish grend.[1]

Noun

*grȃnь f[2]

  1. side, edge
Inflection
Declension of *grȃnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *grȃnь *grȃni *grȃni
genitive *graní *granьjù, *graňu* *granь̀jь
dative *grȃni *granьmà *grȃnьmъ
accusative *grȃnь *grȃni *grȃni
instrumental *granьjǫ́ *granьmà *granьmì
locative *graní *granьjù, *graňu* *grȃnьxъ
vocative *grani *grȃni *grȃni
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
  • *grana (“branch, twig”)
  • *granatъ (“branched”)
  • *granica (“boundary”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: грань (granʹ)
    • Ukrainian: грань (hranʹ, “corner”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: грань (granĭ)
    • Bulgarian: гран (gran, “Quercus frainetto”) (dialectal, usually used as an appellative)
  • West Slavic:
Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grana/*granъ/*granь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 104
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гран²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 273

Etymology 2

A fossilized dialectal form of *grěnь (“gnawing”), from *grěti (“to heat, to burn”) +‎ *-nь; perhaps amalgamated with *gornь (“burning”), from *gorěti (“to burn”) +‎ *-nь.

Noun

*granь f

  1. Alternative form of *grěnь
Inflection
Declension of *grȃnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *grȃnь *grȃni *grȃni
genitive *graní *granьjù, *graňu* *granь̀jь
dative *grȃni *granьmà *grȃnьmъ
accusative *grȃnь *grȃni *grȃni
instrumental *granьjǫ́ *granьmà *granьmì
locative *graní *granьjù, *graňu* *grȃnьxъ
vocative *grani *grȃni *grȃni
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěnь/*granь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гран¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 273

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages grando–166
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “granь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c grænse (PR 138)”
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