česnъ

česnъ; česno; česnъkъ Grammatical information: m. o; n. o; m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `garlic'

Page in Trubačev: IV 89-90

Russian:

česnók `garlic' [m o]

Old Russian:

česnъkъ `garlic' [m o]

Czech:

česnek `garlic' [m o]

Slovak:

cesnak `garlic' [m o]

Polish:

czosnek `garlic' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

čèsan `garlic' [m o];

čèsno `garlic' [n o];

Čak. čèsan (Orbanići) `garlic' [m o], česnȁ [Gens]

Slovene:

čésǝn `garlic' [m o], čésna [Gens];

čésnǝk `garlic (dim.)' [m o], čésǝnka [Gens], čésnǝka [Gens]

Bulgarian:

čésăn `garlic' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: kesn-o- \{1\}

Certainty: -

Comments: As the Celtic forms point to *kasn-, it is likely that this etymon is not of IE origin.

Other cognates:

OIr. cainnenn `leek' [f ā];

W cennin `leek'