Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/granivъ

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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

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Etymology

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From *granь (gnawing) +‎ *-ivъ, a dialectal doublet of *grěnь. Compare related color terms German grün (green), English green < Proto-Indo-European *gʰrō-n-.

Adjective

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*granivъ

  1. rotten
  2. orange (originally: the colour of pus)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic: —
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: грани́в (granív) (obsolete, archaic)
    • Serbo-Croatian: granciv, grancljiv
  • West Slavic: —

See also

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Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*granivъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 107
  • Трубачев О. Н. (1967) “Работа над этимологическим словарем славянских языков”, in Вопросы языкознания, volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 39