Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorna

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Possibly a borrowing from Iranian. Per Derksen, cognate with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀‎ (xᵛarəna, “food”).

Noun

*xorna f

food
fodder

Declension

Declension of *xorna (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*xorna	*xorně	*xorny
Accusative	*xornǫ	*xorně	*xorny
Genitive	*xorny	*xornu	*xornъ
Locative	*xorně	*xornu	xornasъ, xornaxъ^*
Dative	*xorně	*xornama	*xornamъ
Instrumental	xornojǫ, xornǫ^**	*xornama	*xornami
Vocative	*xorno	*xorně	*xorny

^* -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).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: храна (xrana)
- Bulgarian: храна́ (hraná)
- Macedonian: храна́ (hraná)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: хра́на
  
  Latin: hrána
- Slovene: hrána
West Slavic:
- Polabian: xornă
- Slovincian: xǻrnă

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “204-205”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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