жерело

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жерело (žerelo), from Proto-Slavic *žerdlo (mouth, gorge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨrʲɪˈɫo]

Noun

жерело́ • (žerelón inan (genitive жерела́, nominative plural жере́ла, genitive plural жере́л)

  1. alternative form of жерло́ (žerló)

Declension

Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷerh₃- (0 c, 5 e)

References

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