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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorna

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

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Possibly a borrowing from Iranian. Per Derksen, cognate with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (xᵛarəna, “food”).

Noun

*xornà f[1][2]

  1. food
  2. fodder

Declension
Declension of *xōrnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *xōrnà *xõrně *xōrnỳ
genitive *xōrnỳ *xōrnù *xõrnъ
dative *xōrně̀ *xōrnàma *xōrnàmъ
accusative *xōrnǫ̀ *xõrně *xōrnỳ
instrumental *xōrnòjǫ, *xõrnǫ** *xōrnàma *xōrnàmī
locative *xōrně̀ *xōrnù *xōrnàsъ, *xōrnàxъ*
vocative *xorno *xõrně *xōrnỳ
* -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
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: хоро́на (xoróna)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: chrana (rare)
    • Kashubian: charna, chôrna
    • Old Polish: chrona
      • Polish: charna (dialectal)
    • Polabian: xornă
    • Slovincian: chorna
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*xorna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 204: “f. ā ‘food, fodder’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “hrána”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*xorna̋”
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