измѣна

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• ꙑзмѣна (yzměna)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьzměna.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɪˈzmeːnɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɪˈzmʲeːna/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjzmʲeːna/
• Hyphenation: из‧мѣ‧на

Noun

измѣна (izměna) f

1. treason, replacement

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: змѣ́на (změ́na), измѣ́на (izmě́na)
  • Belarusian: зме́на (zmjéna); зьме́на (zʹmjéna) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: змі́на (zmína)
• Russian: изме́на (izména)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzměna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 46
• Zhurawski, A. I., Bulyka, A. M., editors (1982–2017), “измена”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), number 56 (), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, page 14