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жёрнов

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьrny, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gírˀnūˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-n-uH-. Cognates include Sanskrit ग्रावन् (grāvan), Old Armenian երկան (erkan) and Old English cweorn (English quern).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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жёрнов (žórnovm inan (genitive жёрнова, nominative plural жернова́, genitive plural жерново́в)

  1. millstone

Declension

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566