Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jevinъ

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-Indo-European *yew-, *yewh₁- (“to take shape, form”) + *-inъ. Cognate with Lithuanian javíena, javėnà (dialectal).

Noun

*jevinъ m

1. granary, barn

Alternative forms

• *jevina f
• *jevьňa f
  • Belarusian: ёўня (jóŭnja)
  • Russian: ёвня (jóvnja)

Declension

Declension of *jevinъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jevinъ	*jevina	*jevini
genitive	*jevina	*jevinu	*jevinъ
dative	*jevinu	*jevinoma	*jevinomъ
accusative	*jevinъ	*jevina	*jeviny
instrumental	*jevinъmь, *jevinomь*	*jevinoma	*jeviny
locative	*jevině	*jevinu	*jeviněxъ
vocative	*jevine	*jevina	*jevini

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *jevi, *jevьja (“granary”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: овинъ (ovinŭ) (dialectal)
    • Belarusian: аві́н (avín) (dialectal)
    • Russian: ови́н (ovín)
    • Ukrainian: ови́н (ovýn) (dialectal), ави́н (avýn) (dialectal); ови́на f (ovýna) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: jewnia, jownia (dialectal)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “овин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ёвня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jevinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 187
• овин in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
• “jáuja”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012