Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrno

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źírˀna, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Latvian zirnis (“pea”), Lithuanian žirnis (“pea”).

Noun

*zь̀rno n

1. grain

Declension

Declension of *zь̀rno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zь̀rno	*zь̀rně	*zь̀rna
genitive	*zь̀rna	*zь̀rnu	*zь̀rnъ
dative	*zь̀rnu	*zь̀rnoma	*zь̀rnomъ
accusative	*zь̀rno	*zь̀rně	*zь̀rna
instrumental	*zь̀rnъmь, *zь̀rnomь*	*zь̀rnoma	*zь̀rnȳ
locative	*zь̀rně	*zь̀rnu	*zь̀rně̄xъ
vocative	*zь̀rno	*zь̀rně	*zь̀rna

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зьрно (zĭrno)
    • Belarusian: зе́рне (zjérnje)
    • Russian: зерно́ (zernó)
    • Ukrainian: зерно́ (zernó)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: зерно (zerno)
• South-Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: зрьно (zrĭno)

    Glagolitic script: ⰸⱃⱐⱀⱁ (zrĭno)

  • Bulgarian: зърно́ (zǎrnó)
  • Macedonian: зрно (zrno)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зр̏но

    Latin script: zȑno

  • Slovene: zŕno
    • Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): zdḁ̏rn̥
• West-Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zrno
    • Czech: zrno
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): zrno
  • Kashubian: zôrno
  • Polabian: źornü
  • Polish: ziarno
  • Slovak: zrno
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zerno

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зерно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress