Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kiršnas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós (“black”).[1][2]

Adjective

*kiršnas[1][2]

  1. black

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: kir̃snas
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *čь̀rnъ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čь̀rnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92: “*kirsnos”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirsnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “*kirsnos”
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