Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolnь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dalˀnāˀ or *delˀnāˀ. Cognate with Latvian dęl̃nа, Latgalian dalna, Lithuanian délna, délnas.
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to divide”) through the initial meaning carved, rasped surface.[1] Doubted by Derksen.[2]
Noun edit
- palm of the hand
Inflection edit
Declension of *dòlnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dòlnь | *dòlni | *dòlni |
| genitive | *dòlnī | *dòlnьju, *dòlňu* | *dòlnьjь, *dòlnī* |
| dative | *dòlni | *dòlnьma | *dòlnьmъ |
| accusative | *dòlnь | *dòlni | *dòlni |
| instrumental | *dòlnьjǫ, *dòlňǭ* | *dòlnьma | *dòlnьmī |
| locative | *dòlnī | *dòlnьju, *dòlňu* | *dòlnьxъ |
| vocative | *dolni | *dòlni | *dòlni |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms edit
- *dolka (“fur”) (possibly)
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: dlȃn (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ладонь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “длан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 399
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 79 of 75–102
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòlnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 111: “f. i (a) ‘palm of the hand’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dlȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”