čerěnь

černъ III; čerěnъ; čerěnь Grammatical information: m. o; m. o; m. jo

Page in Trubačev: IV 64-65

Russian:

čeren (Dal') `salt pan' [m o];

čren (Dal') `salt pan' [m o];

cerén (Dal') `salt pan' [m o];

cren (Dal') `salt pan' [m o];

ciren (Dal') `salt pan' [m o];

čéren (Arx.) `salt pan' [m o]

Old Russian:

cerenъ `tub for the extraction of salt' [m o]

Ukrainian:

čerín' `stove bottom' [m jo];

čerín' `stove bottom' [m/f i];

čerón (dial.) `stove bottom' [m o], čerónu [Gens]

Czech:

čeřen `device for fishing' [m o]

Old Czech:

čeřěn `mountain ridge, rafter, square fishing-net' [m o]

Slovak:

čereň `fishing-net' [m jo]

Polish:

trzon `stove bottom' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

čèrjen (dial.) `cap with air-hole on a stove, brazier on a hearth, small basket for drying grain on a hearth' [m o]

Slovene:

čerẹ̀n `rocky place' [m o], čerẹ́na [Gens]

Indo-European reconstruction: k(ʷ)er-no- \{1\}

Comments: Illič-Svityč (1963: 43) only mentions forms that may reflect *černъ. Since Ru. cerén (Perm) might just as well continue *čerěn, the evidence for AP (b) - an therefore for an old neuter - is weak, the most important piece of evidence probably being Ukr. čeranó (dial.). The etymological connection with Gk. κέρνος [n/m] (also τά κέρνα [Nompn]) `earthen dish affixed with small pots for miscellaneous offerings' is doubtful.