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]

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)
  - Belarusian: зе́рне (zjérnje)
  - Russian: зерно́ (zernó)
  - Ukrainian: зерно́ (zernó)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: зерно (zerno)
South-Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: зрьно (zrĭno)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰸⱃⱐⱀⱁ (zrĭno)
- Bulgarian: зърно́ (zǎrnó)
- Macedonian: зрно (zrno)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зр̏но
  
  Latin script: zȑno
- Slovene: zŕno
  - Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): zdḁ̏rn̥
West-Slavic:
- Old Czech: zrno
  - Czech: zrno
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): zrno
- Kashubian: zôrno
- Polabian: źornü
- Polish: ziarno
- Slovak: zrno
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: zerno

References

^ 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’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zьrno”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 149, 155; PR 132)”

[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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