Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrnьcь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derived from *gъrnъ (“furnace”) + *-ьcь. Akin to Latin fornix (“vault”).
Noun
*gъrnьcь m
Declension
| 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)
- Old Ruthenian: горнцѣ (horncě)
- Old East Slavic: гърньць (gŭrnĭcĭ), горнець (gornecĭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
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