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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrěnъ
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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
Unclear. Compare Ancient Greek κεράϊν (keráïn, “wild radish”) or Chuvash хӗрен (hĕren) (if not from East Slavic).
For the name compare:
- Radish: German Meerrettich (literally “greater radish”), English horseradish (literally “... radish”).
- Root: French raifort (literally “strong root”), Portuguese raiz-forte (literally “strong root”).
Inflection
Declension of *xrěnъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *xrěnъ | *xrěna | *xrěni |
| Accusative | *xrěnъ | *xrěna | *xrěny |
| Genitive | *xrěna | *xrěnu | *xrěnъ |
| Locative | *xrěně | *xrěnu | *xrěněxъ |
| Dative | *xrěnu | *xrěnoma | *xrěnomъ |
| Instrumental | *xrěnъmь, *xrěnomь* | *xrěnoma | *xrěny |
| Vocative | *xrěne | *xrěna | *xrěni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *redьky (“radish”)
Derived terms
- *xrěnovъ (adj.)
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: хрѣнъ (xrěnŭ) (Serbian)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: хрѣнъ (xrěnŭ)? / хрѣнь (xrěnĭ)?
- → Chuvash: хӗрен (hĕren) (possibly)
- → Erzya: ӹрӓн (ӹrӓn) (possibly)
- → Bashkir: керән (kerän) (possibly)
- → Tatar: керән (kerän) (possibly)
- → Lithuanian: kriẽnas, kriená
- → Samogitian: krėins
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: křěn, chřěn
- Czech: křen
- Polabian: xŕon
- Old Polish: chrzan
- Polish: chrzan
- Slovak: chren
- Slovincian: křȯ́u̯n, křo̧n, xřȯn
- Kashubian: chrzón, krzón
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: chrěn, krěn
- Lower Sorbian: kśěn, chrěn
- → Vilamovian: krejn
- → Bavarian: Kren
- → East Central German: Krên
- → German: Kren
- → Venetian: cren
- Old Czech: křěn, chřěn
References
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “хрен”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “хрен”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 356
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrěnъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 08, Moscow: Nauka, page 91
- http://www.ruslang.ru/doc/etymology/1976/09-l%27vov.pdf
- http://vja.ruslang.ru/archive/1974-4.pdf#page=109
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