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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuna
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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 *źjáuˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyéwh₁-neh₂, from *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Lithuanian žiáuna (“jaw, jaw-bone, gill”), Latvian žaũnas (“jaw”). From the same root, but with a different suffix is Proto-Germanic *kawǭ (“jaw”).
Alternative forms
Inflection
Declension of *žùna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *žùna | *žùně | *žùny |
| Accusative | *žùnǫ | *žùně | *žùny |
| Genitive | *žùny | *žùnu | *žùnъ |
| Locative | *žùně | *žùnu | *žùnasъ, *žùnaxъ* |
| Dative | *žùně | *žùnama | *žùnamъ |
| Instrumental | *žùnojǫ, *žùnǭ** | *žùnama | *žùnamī |
| Vocative | *žùno | *žùně | *žùny |
* -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).
** 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:
- Bulgarian: жу́на (žúna), dial джуна (džuna)
Further reading
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “джуна, джонка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 371
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “жуна¹, джуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 559
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564: “f. ā (a)”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “žuna žuny”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22)”
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