Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuna

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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 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

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*žùna f[1][2]

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

Alternative forms

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Inflection

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 564:f. ā (a)
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “žuna žuny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 22)