Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrnьcь

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

Etymology

Derived from *gъrnъ (furnace) +‎ *-ьcь. Akin to Latin fornix (vault).

Noun

*gъrnьcь m

  1. ceramic pot

Declension

Declension of *gъrnьcь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gъrnьcь *gъrnьca *gъrnьci
genitive *gъrnьca *gъrnьcu *gъrnьcь
dative *gъrnьcu *gъrnьcema *gъrnьcemъ
accusative *gъrnьcь *gъrnьca *gъrnьcę̇
instrumental *gъrnьcьmь, *gъrnьcemь* *gъrnьcema *gъrnьci
locative *gъrnьci *gъrnьcu *gъrnьcixъ
vocative *gъrnьče *gъrnьca *gъrnьci

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

  • *gъrnьčařь (agent noun)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гърньць (gŭrnĭcĭ), горнець (gornecĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: горнцѣ (horncě)
        • Ukrainian: горне́ць (hornécʹ) (dialectal); гурне́ц (hurnéc)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: гърне́ц (gǎrnéc) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: грнец (grnec)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гр̏нац
      Latin script: gȑnac
    • Slovene: gŕnəc (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: hrnec
    • Old Polish: garnec, garniec
    • ? Pannonian Rusyn: гарчок (harčok)
    • Slovak: hrniec
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: gjarńc
      • Upper Sorbian: hornc

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrnьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 210
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993), “grnac”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 248