Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tьrnъ

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 *tirnas, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, although AP b is unexpected.

Noun

*tь̃rnъ m[1][2][3]

  1. thorn
  2. blackthorn, sloe-tree (Prunus spinosa)

Inflection

Declension of *tь̃rnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
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)

Descendants

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

  1. ^ 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’
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “tŕn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *tьrnъ̏