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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěno

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 *śáina, cf. Lithuanian šiẽnas, Latvian sìens, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (pale, faint) (with loss of the laryngeal before *-y-). Possibly related to Ancient Greek κοινά (koiná) (see there for further discussion).

Noun

*sě̑no n[1][2]

  1. hay

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сѣно (sěno)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sě̑no”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 446
  2. Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 7:*sẹ̑no
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