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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to *žęti (“to press, to squeeze”).
Noun
*žьmьnь f
- fistful, handful (amount held in hand)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *жьмьнꙗ (*žĭmĭnja)
- Old Ruthenian: жме́нꙗ (žménja)
- Belarusian: жме́ня (žmjénja); жмін (žmin) (dialectal)
- Russian: жме́ня (žménja)
- Ukrainian: жме́ня (žménja)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жме́ня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress