Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ely

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

Alternative forms

• *olỳ (n-stem), *ȅlę, *eleňь (jo-stem), *elenь, *elenъ (o-stem)

Etymology

Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-h₁en (“red deer, elk”).

Noun

*elỳ m

1. deer

Declension

According to Klotz, initially, the form belonged to the consonant stem and accent paradigm a. According to Verweij, the form belongs to the accent paradigm b.

Declension of *elỳ (n-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*elỳ	*elèni	*elène
genitive	*elène	*elènu	*elènъ
dative	*elèni	*elènьma	*elènьmъ
accusative	*elènь	*elèni	*elèni
instrumental	*elènьmь	*elènьma	*elènьmī
locative	*elène	*elènu	*elènьxъ
vocative	*elỳ	*elèni	*elène

Related terms

nouns

• *òlni f (“doe”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: олень (olenĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: олень (olenʹ)
      • Belarusian: але́нь (aljénʹ)
      • Ukrainian: о́лень (ólenʹ); о́лінь (ólinʹ), лінь (linʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: оле́нь (olénʹ); о́лень (ólenʹ) (dialectal) (see there for further descendants)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: ѥлень (jelenĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱗⰾⰵⱀⱐ (jęlenĭ)

    • Church Slavonic: елень (elenĭ) (Russian recension)
  • Bulgarian: еле́н (elén)
  • Macedonian: елен (elen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: јѐлен, јѐљен, јѐлин; је̏лен (dialectal)

    Latin script: jèlen, jèljen, jèlin; jȅlen (dialectal)

  • Slovene: jélen (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jelen
    • Czech: jelen; jeľeň (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: jeléń
  • Old Polish: jeleń
    • Polish: jeleń
      • → Old Ruthenian: єлень (jelenʹ)
    • Silesian: lelyń
  • Old Slovak: jeleň
    • Pannonian Rusyn: єлень (jelenʹ)
    • Slovak: jeleň
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jeleń
    • Upper Sorbian: jeleń