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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrno

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Latvian zirnis (pea), Lithuanian žirnis (pea).

Noun

*zь̀rno n[1][2]

  1. grain

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зьрно (zĭrno)
  • South-Slavic:
  • West-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зерно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zь̀rno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 553:n. o (a) ‘grain’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “zьrno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 149, 155; PR 132)
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