< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Fossilized n-participle of *dьrati (“to tear”) + *-nъ, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitter; anger, wrath”) and akin to Sanskrit दीर्ण (dīrṇa, “scattered”), Sanskrit दृणाति (dṛṇāti, “to tear, to burst”).
Noun
*dь̋rnъ m[1]
- piece, chunk
- Synonyms: *kǫsъ, *butьca
- toft, sod
Alternative forms
- *dьrno n
- *dьrnь (i-stem)
Declension
Declension of *dьrnъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *dьrnъ | *dьrna | *dьrni |
Accusative | *dьrnъ | *dьrna | *dьrny |
Genitive | *dьrna | *dьrnu | *dьrnъ |
Locative | *dьrně | *dьrnu | *dьrněxъ |
Dative | *dьrnu | *dьrnoma | *dьrnomъ |
Instrumental | *dьrnъmь, *dьrnomь* | *dьrnoma | *dьrny |
Vocative | *dьrne | *dьrna | *dьrni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *dьrnina (“toft”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дернъ (dernŭ)
- Russian: дёрн (djorn), дерн (dern)
- Ukrainian: де́рен (déren)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дрьнъ (drĭnŭ)
- Bulgarian: дръ́н (drǎ́n), дъ́рн (dǎ́rn)
- Macedonian: дрн (drn)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дрн (“sea rock”) (archaic)
- Latin: drn (“sea rock”) (archaic)
- Slovene: dr̄n, arch. dȑn
- West Slavic:
- Czech: drn
- Polish: darń (from i-stem)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: dorn
- Lower Sorbian: dern m, derno n
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дерн”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьrnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 224
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дрън¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 437
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “dr̄n¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*dь̋rnъ”