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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gírˀnūˀ

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 This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂-núH-s, from *gʷréh₂wō, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.

Noun

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*gírˀnūˀ f[1]

  1. millstone

Inflection

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Fixed accent.

Descendants

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  • East Baltic:
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: girnoywis (wrong transcription of *girnuvis)
  • Proto-Slavic: *žь̀rny (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žьrny”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566: “*girʔnuʔ”
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