Appendix:Proto-Slavic/vьlna

This entry contains Proto-Slavic reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Cognates include Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ū́rṇā), Latin lāna, and Old English wull (English wool).

Noun

*vьlna f

1. wool
2. wave

Declension

Declension of *vьlna (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vьlna	*vьlně	*vьlny
Accusative	*vьlnǫ	*vьlně	*vьlny
Genitive	*vьlny	*vьlnu	*vьlnъ
Locative	*vьlně	*vьlnu	*vьlnaxъ
Dative	*vьlně	*vьlnama	*vьlnamъ
Instrumental	*vьlnojǫ	*vьlnama	*vьlnami
Vocative	*vьlno	*vьlně	*vьlny

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: воўна (vóŭna) (“wool”)
  • Russian: волна (volná) (“wave”)
  • Ukrainian: вовна (vóvna) (“wool”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вльна (vlĭna)
  • Bulgarian: вълна (vǎ̀lna) (“wool”), вълна (vǎlná) (“wave”)
  • Macedonian: волна (vólna) (“wool”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ву̏на (“wool”)

    Latin: vȕna (“wool”)

  • Slovene: volna (“wool”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlna (“wool, wave”)
  • Polish: wełna (“wool”)
  • Slovak: vlna (“wool, wave”)