Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *verteno, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (to turn, rotate). Cognate with Upper Sorbian wrjećeno, Polish wrzeciono, Czech vřeteno, Old Church Slavonic врѣтєно (vrěteno), and Russian веретено́ (veretenó).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʲɛɕɛnɔ/, [ˈrʲeɕɛnɔ]

Noun edit

wrjeśeno n inan (diminutive wrjeśenko)

  1. spindle

Declension edit

References edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “wŕeśeno”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wrjeśeno”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag