vỳgъn̨a

vỳgъn̨ь; vỳgъn̨a Grammatical information: m jo; f jā Proto-Slavic meaning: `forge'

Czech:

výheň `forge, hearth, blazing heat' [f i/jā]

Slovak:

vyhňa `forge, hearth' [f jā]

Upper Sorbian:

wuheń `chimney, stove-pipe' [m jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

vȉganj `forge' [m jo]

Slovene:

vígǝnj `forge, hearth, sledge-hammer' [m jo]

Comments: The root *vyg- reflects *unʔg < *h₁ngʷ-. Here Winter's law was not blocked by a cluster *ngn, nor was the root affected by lowering (-> ògn'ь, *ǫ̀glь). There is no reason to assume that the initial *v is the preposotion `in', cf. *vỳdra.