Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kiršnas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós.

Adjective

*kiršnas[1][2]

black

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Lithuanian: kir̃snas
Old Prussian: kirsnan
Proto-Slavic: *čь̀rnъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čь̀rnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92: “*kirsnos”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “kirsnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “*kirsnos”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čь̀rnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92: “*kirsnos”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “kirsnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 247: “*kirsnos”