dьrvьn̨a

dьrvьn̨a Grammatical information: f. jā Proto-Slavic meaning: `field'

Russian:

derévnja `village, (dial.) field, wasteland, ploughed field' [f jā]

Old Russian:

derévnja `village, field' [f jā] \{1\}

Lithuanian:

dirvà `(arable) land, field' [f ā] 2/4

Latvian:

dìrva² `(arable) land, field' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: dr(H)-u-

Comments: The reconstruction of a zero grade implies that the sequence ere in the Russian forms originates from the so-called vtoroe polnoglasie.

Other cognates:

Skt. drū́vā- `spelt' [f]

Notes:

\{1\} The meaning `field' is attested in the Domostroj.