Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьrnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tirnas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, although AP b is unexpected.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tь̃rnъ | *tьrnà | *tьrnì |
| genitive | *tьrnà | *tьrnù | *tь̃rnъ |
| dative | *tьrnù | *tьrnòma | *tьrnòmъ |
| accusative | *tь̃rnъ | *tьrnà | *tьrnỳ |
| instrumental | *tьrnъ̀mь, *tьrnòmь* | *tьrnòma | *tь̃rny |
| locative | *tьrně̀ | *tьrnù | *tь̃rněxъ |
| vocative | *tьrne | *tьrnà | *tьrnì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *tьrnьje (collective)
- *tьrnakъ (“thorny thicket”)
- *tьrnina (“sloe”)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: trn
- Czech: trn
- Kashubian: cérzniô
- Polabian: dren
- Old Polish: ciernie, cierznie, cirnie, cirznie, cirń
- Polish: cierń, ciernie, tarnie (Middle Polish), czernie, czérznie, czyrznie (Kuyavia), cirznie (Central Greater Poland, Near Masovian, Grudów), cirzń (Central Greater Poland, Near Masovian), cyrznie (Near Masovian)
- Silesian: ciyrń
- Slovak: tŕň
- Sorbian:
- Old Czech: trn
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “терн”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “тёрн”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 238
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “тёрн”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tь̀rnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505: “m. o (b) ‘thorn’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “tьrnъ tьrna”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (sek. tьrno) thorn, spine (NA 109, 141; SA 21)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “tŕn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *tьrnъ̏”