Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/granь

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

Originally a nomen acti of *graniti (to branch) +‎ *-nь, later concretized as the result of this action. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrān- (edge, end, tip), see also Welsh gran (eyelid), Breton grann (brow, eyebrow), Old Irish grend.[1]

Noun edit

*grȃnь f[2]

  1. side, edge
Inflection edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: грань (granʹ)
    • Ukrainian: грань (hranʹ, corner)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: грань (granĭ)
    • Bulgarian: гран (gran, Quercus frainetto) (dialectal, usually used as an appellative)
  • West Slavic:
Further reading edit
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grana/*granъ/*granь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 104
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гран²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 273

Etymology 2 edit

A fossilized dialectal form of *grěnь (gnawing), from *grěti (to heat, to burn) +‎ *-nь; perhaps amalgamated with *gornь (burning), from *gorěti (to burn) +‎ *-nь.

Noun edit

*granь f

  1. Alternative form of *grěnь
Inflection edit
Further reading edit
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěnь/*granь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гран¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 273

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages grando–166
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “granь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:f. c grænse (PR 138)