Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorna
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Possibly a borrowing from Iranian. Per Derksen, cognate with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (xᵛarəna, “food”).
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
Declension of *xōrnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xōrnà | *xõrně | *xōrnỳ |
| genitive | *xōrnỳ | *xōrnù | *xõrnъ |
| dative | *xōrně̀ | *xōrnàma | *xōrnàmъ |
| accusative | *xōrnǫ̀ | *xõrně | *xōrnỳ |
| instrumental | *xōrnòjǫ, *xõrnǫ** | *xōrnàma | *xōrnàmī |
| locative | *xōrně̀ | *xōrnù | *xōrnàsъ, *xōrnàxъ* |
| vocative | *xorno | *xõrně | *xōrnỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- Russian: хоро́на (xoróna)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: hrană
Further reading[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*xorna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 204: “f. ā ‘food, fodder’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hrána”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*xorna̋”