Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olni
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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
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aln-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHnih₂.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian élnis (“deer”), álnis (“deer”), élnias (“deer”), élnė (“doe”), álnė (“doe”), Latvian alnis (“elk”) and Old Prussian alne (“deer?”).
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “deer-calf”), ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn) and Middle Irish ailit (“doe, hind”).
From the e-grade of the same Indo-European root also *elenь (“deer”), and from a different extension also *olsь (“elk”).
NounEdit
*òlni f[1]
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *òlni (ī-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *òlni | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
| Accusative | *olnьjǫ | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
| Genitive | *olnьję̇ | *olnьju | *olnьjь |
| Locative | *olnьjī | *olnьju | *olnьjāsъ |
| Dative | *olnьjī | *olnьjama | *olnьjāmъ |
| Instrumental | *olnьjējǫ, *olnьjǭ* | *olnьjama | *olnьjāmī |
| Vocative | *olnьje | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
* 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).
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further readingEdit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “лань”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, Žuravljóv, Anatolij, editors (2005) , “*olni”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 32, Moscow: Nauka, page 70
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) , “*òlni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368: “f. ā (a) ‘doe’”