Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrnъ

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 *gurnas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nó-s, from *gʷʰer- (“to heat”). Cognate with Latin furnus (“oven”), Sanskrit घृण (ghṛṇá, “heat”).

Noun

*gъrnъ m

1. furnace, cauldron

Inflection

Declension of *gъrnъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъrnъ	*gъrna	*gъrni
genitive	*gъrna	*gъrnu	*gъrnъ
dative	*gъrnu	*gъrnoma	*gъrnomъ
accusative	*gъrnъ	*gъrna	*gъrny
instrumental	*gъrnъmь, *gъrnomь*	*gъrnoma	*gъrny
locative	*gъrně	*gъrnu	*gъrněxъ
vocative	*gъrne	*gъrna	*gъrni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

• *gъrno
• *gornъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гърнъ m (gŭrnŭ), горнъ m (gornŭ, “cauldron, pot, oven”)
    • Old Ruthenian: горнъ m (horn)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: го́ран m (hóran), гарно́ n (harnó)
      • Ukrainian: горн m (horn), го́рно n (hórno); (rare) го́рен m (hóren), горно́ n (hornó)
        • → Romanian: horn
    • Russian: горн m (gorn), го́рно́ (górnó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: гръно n (grŭno)
    • → Old East Slavic: грънъ m (grŭnŭ)
  • Bulgarian: гърне́ n (gǎrné)
  • Macedonian: грне n (grne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: грно n

    Latin script: grno

• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Czech: hrnec
  • ⇒ Polish: garnek, garniec
  • Slovak: hrniec n
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: gjarńc
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: hornc

Further reading

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