Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klinъ

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 reconstructions

• *kъlinъ

Etymology

*kolti +‎ *-inъ, or with *klinǫti.

Noun

*klìnъ m

1. wedge, peg

Inflection

Declension of *klìnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*klìnъ	*klìna	*klìni
genitive	*klìna	*klìnu	*klìnъ
dative	*klìnu	*klìnoma	*klìnomъ
accusative	*klìnъ	*klìna	*klìny
instrumental	*klìnъmь, *klìnomь*	*klìnoma	*klìnȳ
locative	*klìně	*klìnu	*klìně̄xъ
vocative	*klìne	*klìna	*klìni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клинъ (klinŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: клинъ (klin)
      • Belarusian: клин (klin)
      • Ukrainian: клин (klyn)
    • Russian: клин (klin)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: клинъ (klinŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⰻⱀⱏ (klinŭ)

  • Bulgarian: клин (klin)
  • Macedonian: клин (klin)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кли̏н

    Latin script: klȉn

  • Slovene: klȉn, klȋn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: klín
    • Czech: klín
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): klín
  • Old Polish: klin
    • Polish: klin
  • Slovak: klin
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: klin
    • Lower Sorbian: klin

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress