Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьmьnь

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

Related to *žęti (“to press, to squeeze”).

Noun

*žьmьnь f

1. fistful, handful (amount held in hand)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *жьмьнꙗ (*žĭmĭnja)
    • Old Ruthenian: жме́нꙗ (žménja)
      • Belarusian: жме́ня (žmjénja); жмін (žmin) (dialectal)
      • Russian: жме́ня (žménja)
    • Ukrainian: жме́ня (žménja)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: žemně
  • Slovak: žmeň

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жме́ня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress