Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skrini

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

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *skrīnī (“shrine, chest”), itself from Latin scrīnium. Probably related to native Proto-Slavic *krina.

Noun

*skrìni f

1. chest

Declension

Declension of *skrini (ī-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skrini	*skrìňi	*skrìňę̇
genitive	*skrìňę̇	*skrìňu	*skrìňь
dative	*skrìňī	*skrìňama	*skrìňāmъ
accusative	*skrìňǫ	*skrìňi	*skrìňę̇
instrumental	*skrìňējǫ, *skrìňǭ*	*skrìňama	*skrìňāmī
locative	*skrìňī	*skrìňu	*skrìňāsъ
vocative	*skrìňe	*skrìňi	*skrìňę̇

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative forms

• *skrinъ m, *skrina f (reanalyzed)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: скрина (skrina)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰽⱃⰻⱀⰰ (skrina)

    • Bulgarian: скрин (skrin)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шкри̏ња, скри̏ња

    Latin script: škrȉnja, skrȉnja

  • Slovene: skrínja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: skrzënia
  • Old Czech: skříně, škříně
    • Czech: skříň
  • Old Polish: skrzynia
    • Polish: skrzynia
    • Silesian: skrzinia
    • → Lithuanian: skrynia
    • → Old Ruthenian: скры́нꙗ (skrýnja), скри́нꙗ (skrínja)
      • Ukrainian: скри́ня (skrýnja)
      • Belarusian: скры́ня (skrýnja)
      • → Russian: скрин m (skrin), скри́ня (skrínja) (dialectal)
  • Slovak: skriňa
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kśinja
    • Upper Sorbian: křinja

• Non-Slavic:
  • →? Hungarian: szekrény
  • → Latvian: skrine
  • → Lithuanian: skrynià

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скрин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “скрин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 796
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “скры́ня”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “скриня”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN