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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrny

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 *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-núH-s, from *gʷréh₂wō.

Noun

*žь̀rny f[1]

  1. millstone

Declension
Declension of *žь̀rny (v-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *žь̀rny *žь̀rnъvi *žь̀rnъvi
genitive *žь̀rnъve *žь̀rnъvu *žь̀rnъvъ
dative *žь̀rnъvi *žь̀rnъvьma, *žь̀rnъvama* *žь̀rnъvьmъ, *žь̀rnъvamъ*
accusative *žь̀rnъvь *žь̀rnъvi *žь̀rnъvi
instrumental *žь̀rnъvьjǫ, *žь̀rnъvľǭ** *žь̀rnъvьma, *žь̀rnъvama* *žь̀rnъvьmī, *žь̀rnъvamī*
locative *žь̀rnъve *žь̀rnъvu *žь̀rnъvьxъ, *žь̀rnъvaxъ*
vocative *žь̀rny *žь̀rnъvi *žь̀rnъvi
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: жо́рны pl (žórny)
    • Russian: жёрнов (žórnov)
    • Ukrainian: жо́рна (žórna)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: жрьнꙑ (žrĭny)
      Glagolitic script: ⰶⱃⱐⱀⱏⰹ (žrĭny)
    • Bulgarian: же́рка (žérka) (archaic, dialectal)
    • Macedonian:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жр̑вањ
      Latin script: žrvanj
    • Slovene: žȓnǝv (tonal orthography) (gen. žȓnve)
  • West Slavic:

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

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žьrny”, in 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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