Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/herzną

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *ḱersnó-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-. Indo-European cognates include Proto-Slavic *sernъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxerz.nɑ̃/

Noun

*herzną n

1. (North Germanic) frozen snow, snow crust

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *herzną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*herzną	*herznō
vocative	*herzną	*herznō
accusative	*herzną	*herznō
genitive	*herznas, *hirznis	*herznǫ̂
dative	*herznai	*herznamaz
instrumental	*herznō	*herznamiz

Related terms

• *herzuz (> Old Norse *hjǫrr > dialectal Norwegian jorr)

Descendants

• Old Norse: hjarn
  • Icelandic: hjarn
  • Norwegian: hjårn
• → Proto-Samic: *kearnē (see there for further descendants)

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN