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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuna

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źjáuˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyéwh₁-neh₂, from *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Lithuanian žiáuna (“jaw, jaw-bone, gill”), Latvian žaũnas (“jaw”). From the same root, but with a different suffix is Proto-Germanic *kawǭ (“jaw”).

Noun

*žùna f[1][2]

  1. buccal cavity (the interior of the mouth)
  2. lips

Alternative forms

Inflection

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Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: жу́на (žúna), dial джуна (džuna)

Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джуна, джонка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 371
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жуна¹, джуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 559

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žùna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 564: “f. ā (a)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “žuna žuny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 22)”
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