The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’

The article discusses the etymology of the Proto-Slavic word *jarьmъ, *jarьmo, which denotes a yoke that yokes two oxen. It is argued that this word reflects the original plural to the word for ‘arm, shoulder’ in Balto-Slavic. The formal difficulties of the derivation are discussed and a number of p...

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Main Author: Tijmen Pronk
Format: Article
Language:Croatian
Published: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje 2010-01-01
Series:Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/101365
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spelling doaj-e527d0931e2a4b939cb600c39713e0652020-11-25T03:34:07ZhrvInstitut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovljeRasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje1331-67451849-03792010-01-01362307316The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’Tijmen PronkThe article discusses the etymology of the Proto-Slavic word *jarьmъ, *jarьmo, which denotes a yoke that yokes two oxen. It is argued that this word reflects the original plural to the word for ‘arm, shoulder’ in Balto-Slavic. The formal difficulties of the derivation are discussed and a number of parallel derivatives in Slavic are analyzed.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/101365etymologyProto-SlavicBalto-Slavic
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The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
etymology
Proto-Slavic
Balto-Slavic
author_facet Tijmen Pronk
author_sort Tijmen Pronk
title The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
title_short The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
title_full The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
title_fullStr The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
title_full_unstemmed The Etymology of the Proto-Slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
title_sort etymology of the proto-slavic *jarьmъ, *jarьmo ‘yoke’
publisher Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje
series Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje
issn 1331-6745
1849-0379
publishDate 2010-01-01
description The article discusses the etymology of the Proto-Slavic word *jarьmъ, *jarьmo, which denotes a yoke that yokes two oxen. It is argued that this word reflects the original plural to the word for ‘arm, shoulder’ in Balto-Slavic. The formal difficulties of the derivation are discussed and a number of parallel derivatives in Slavic are analyzed.
topic etymology
Proto-Slavic
Balto-Slavic
url http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/101365
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