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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/azьno
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀźina, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-í-no-s, from *h₂eǵ- (“goat”). Equivalent to *azь (“goat”) + *-ьnъ.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian oženà (“goatskin”), ožìnis (“goat-”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit अजिन (ajína, “(animal) skin”).
Noun
*azьno n[1]
- goatskin
Declension
Declension of *azьno (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *azьno | *azьně | *azьna |
| Accusative | *azьno | *azьně | *azьna |
| Genitive | *azьna | *azьnu | *azьnъ |
| Locative | *azьně | *azьnu | *azьněxъ |
| Dative | *azьnu | *azьnoma | *azьnomъ |
| Instrumental | *azьnъmь, *azьnomь* | *azьnoma | *azьny |
| Vocative | *azьno | *azьně | *azьna |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *koža (“skin, leather < goat (skin, hide)”)
Descendants
- Old Church Slavonic: азно (azno), азьно (azĭno) (Serbian), ꙗзьно (jazĭno) (Serbian, Russian)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗзьно (jazĭno)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “язно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*azьno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*azьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 31: “n. o ‘goat-skin’”