Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuna

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 *źjáuˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyéwh₁-neh₂, from *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Lithuanian žiáuna (“jaw, jaw-bone, gill”), Latvian žaũnas (“jaw”). From the same root, but with a different suffix is Proto-Germanic *kawǭ (“jaw”).

Noun

*žùna f

1. buccal cavity (the interior of the mouth)
2. lips

Alternative forms

• *žuka

Inflection

Declension of *žùna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žùna	*žùně	*žùny
genitive	*žùny	*žùnu	*žùnъ
dative	*žùně	*žùnama	*žùnamъ
accusative	*žùnǫ	*žùně	*žùny
instrumental	*žùnojǫ, *žùnǭ**	*žùnama	*žùnamī
locative	*žùně	*žùnu	*žùnasъ, *žùnaxъ*
vocative	*žùno	*žùně	*žùny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Related terms

• *žьvati (“to chew”)
• *žuboriti (“to wash one's mouth, to gurgle”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: жу́на (žúna), dial джуна (džuna)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джуна, джонка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 371
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуна¹, джуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 559