Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěnъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *grēˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-no-s. Relict participle with affix -n- from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (to grow).

Adjective[edit]

*grěnъ

  1. green

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: greníca (green peel of nut)

See also[edit]

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             

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěnъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 117