Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěxъ

Etymology
Potentially a conflation of more than one semantic kernels:
 * Mledenov, Vasmer, Trubačev, Skok: From an earlier *grēxŭ, stemming from, based on related terms conveying thermal states: dial. 🇨🇬, dial. 🇨🇬. Perhaps originally implying “fervour, ardour” → “guilt”.
 * Iljinsky, Endzelīns: From an earlier *grai(k)śŭ, related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and possibly 🇨🇬. Originally referring to “skewness, misalignment” > “error”. Such a meaning is reflected in agricultural vocabulary: cf. dial. 🇨🇬,, dial. 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, dial. 🇨🇬. Additionally, in South Slavic (except for Slovene) the principal word for “mistake” is the diminutive form of . For meaning shift compare :.
 * Proposed further cognates: Akin to 🇨🇬 (Pedersen) or 🇨🇬, (Berneker).

Noun

 * 1) per etymology from early *grēxŭ:
 * 2) fervour, ardour damaging thermal state
 * 3)  guilt, grief, regret
 * 4) per etymology from early *grai(k)śŭ:
 * 5) error, mistake, misconduct

Usage notes
Modern descendants generally bear the abstract meaning “sin”. It arose post-Proto-Slavic, under the influence of Christianity, and is a calque of Latin and Greek terms: compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬,.

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