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

Declension of *zь̀rno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *zь̀rno *zь̀rně *zь̀rna
genitive *zь̀rna *zь̀rnu *zь̀rnъ
dative *zь̀rnu *zь̀rnoma *zь̀rnomъ
accusative *zь̀rno *zь̀rně *zь̀rna
instrumental *zь̀rnъmь, *zь̀rnomь* *zь̀rnoma *zь̀rnȳ
locative *zь̀rně *zь̀rnu *zь̀rně̄xъ
vocative *zь̀rno *zь̀rně *zь̀rna

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

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, page 553: “n. o (a) ‘grain’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zьrno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 149, 155; PR 132)”
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