Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gírˀnūˀ
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-núH-s, from *gʷréh₂wō, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.
Noun[edit]
*gírˀnūˀ f[1]
Inflection[edit]
Fixed accent.
Descendants[edit]
- East Baltic:
- Latgalian: dziernovys
- Latvian: dzir̃nus, dzir̃nas, dzir̃navas
- ⇒ Lithuanian: gìrna
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: girnoywis
- Proto-Slavic: *žь̀rny (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ 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: “*girʔnuʔ”