Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ely

This Proto-Slavic entry contains 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-SlavicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• *oly (Verweij)
• *elenjь (Derksen, jo-stem)
• *elenъ (Derksen, o-stem)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₁ēn (“red deer, elk”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian elnias (“deer”).

Other Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn, “deer”), Tocharian B yal (“gazelle”).

NounEdit

(j)ely m

1. deer

DeclensionEdit

*(j)elỳ (n-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*(j)elỳ	*(j)eleni	*(j)elène
Accusative	*(j)elènь	*(j)eleni	*(j)elèni
Genitive	*(j)elène	*(j)elenu	*(j)elènъ
Locative	*(j)elène	*(j)elenu	*(j)elènьxъ
Dative	*(j)elèni	*(j)elenьma	*(j)elènьmъ
Instrumental	*(j)elènьmь	*(j)elenьma	*(j)elènьmī
Vocative	*(j)elỳ	*(j)eleni	*(j)elène

DescendantsEdit

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: олень (olenĭ)
    • Belarusian: але́нь (aljénʹ)
    • Russian: оле́нь (olénʹ)
    • Ukrainian: оле́нь (olénʹ)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: ѥлень (jelenĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱗⰾⰵⱀⱐ (jęlenĭ)

  • Bulgarian: еле́н (elén)
  • Macedonian: елен (elen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: јѐлен

    Latin: jèlen

  • Slovene: jélen (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jelen
  • Kashubian: jeléń
  • Polish: jeleń
  • Slovak: jeleň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jeleń
    • Upper Sorbian: jeleń

ReferencesEdit

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 140