Original scientific paper

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

Tijmen Pronk ; Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje

Abstract

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.

Keywords

etymology; Proto-Slavic; Balto-Slavic

Hrčak ID:

67913

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/67913

Publication date:

19.5.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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