Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klětь
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *klḗˀtis. Cognate with Latvian klẽts, Lithuanian klė́tis, Old Prussian clenan.
Noun edit
- the commonality in all the descendants, including some derived terms (closet, hut, cabin, cage, granary, cellar, barn), is that of a 'closed space'
Declension edit
Declension of *klě̑tь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *klě̑tь | *klě̑ti | *klě̑ti |
genitive | *klětí | *klětьjù, *klěťu* | *klětь̀jь |
dative | *klě̑ti | *klětьmà | *klě̑tьmъ |
accusative | *klě̑tь | *klě̑ti | *klě̑ti |
instrumental | *klětьjǫ́ | *klětьmà | *klětьmì |
locative | *klětí | *klětьjù, *klěťu* | *klě̑tьxъ |
vocative | *klěti | *klě̑ti | *klě̑ti |
* 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).
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kletь/*kletъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 25
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klětь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 224: “f. i”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “klětь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c forrådskammer, bur (PR 138)”