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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrěnъ
Proto-Slavic

*xrěnъ
Etymology
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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 “foreign radish”), English horseradish.
- 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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хрен”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “хрен”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 356
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrěnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), 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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