vě̑no

vě̑no Grammatical information: n. o Accent paradigm: c? Proto-Slavic meaning: `bride-price'

Russian:

véno `bride-price' [n o]

Old Russian:

věno `bride-price' [n o]

Czech:

věno `bride-price' [n o]

Slovak:

veno `bride-price' [n o]

Polish:

wiano `bride-price' [n o]

Upper Sorbian:

wěno `dowry' [n o]

Serbo-Croatian:

vijèno (arch., dial.) `wedding, bride-price' [n o] \{1\}

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁ed-no-m

Other cognates:

Gk. ἔεδνα `bride-price, wedding-gifts' [Nompn];

OE weotuma `bride-price'

Notes:

\{1\} According to Hamp (1970), the SCr. form adopted the accentuation of vijènac `wreath', which came to mean `wedding'.