Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuna

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 *źjáuˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyéwh₁-neh₂, from *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Lithuanian žiáuna (“jaw, jaw-bone, gill”), Latvian žaũnas (“jaw”). From the same root, but with a different suffix is Proto-Germanic *kawǭ (“jaw”).

Noun

*žùna f[1][2]

  1. buccal cavity (the interior of the mouth)
  2. lips

Alternative forms

Inflection

Declension of *žùna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *žùna *žùně *žùny
genitive *žùny *žùnu *žùnъ
dative *žùně *žùnama *žùnamъ
accusative *žùnǫ *žùně *žùny
instrumental *žùnojǫ, *žùnǭ** *žùnama *žùnamī
locative *žùně *žùnu *žùnasъ, *žùnaxъ*
vocative *žùno *žùně *žùny

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: жу́на (žúna), dial джуна (džuna)

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джуна, джонка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 371
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуна¹, джуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 559

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564: “f. ā (a)”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “žuna žuny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22)”
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