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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьmьnь

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

Related to *žęti (“to press, to squeeze”).

Noun

*žьmьnь f

  1. fistful, handful (amount held in hand)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *жьмьнꙗ (*žĭmĭnja)
  • West Slavic:

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