жрьнꙑ

Old Church Slavonic

жрьнꙑ

Alternative forms

  • Glagolitic: ⰶⱃⱐⱀⱏⰹ (žrĭny)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьrny, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-núH-s, from *gʷréh₂wō. Cognate with Russian жёрнов (žórnov).

Noun

жрьнꙑ • (žrĭny) f

  1. millstone

Declension

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 566
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