Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krina

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

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Etymology

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Unknown, speculated to be resultant to *kriti (*to twist, to make curved; *to make circulate; to purchase) also found in *krivъ (curved).

Noun

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*krina f

  1. a kind of bulbous container thinner and open on the top, calabash so to say

Inflection

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Descendants

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “крина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 13
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krina, *krinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 156
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кринка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress